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A health worker collecting a swab sample for COVID test in Ongole. | Photo Credit: KOMMURI SRINIVAS
COVID continued to wreak havoc in South Coastal Andhra Pradesh as a record number of over 2,500 persons got infected and eight more patients succumbed to the disease in a span of 24 hours.
Normal life was hit in the region as shops and commercial establishments downed the shutters by noon in the wake of the increasing number of fresh cases. Worried over the rapid spread of the disease, most people remained indoors.
The number of active cases shot up to 23,794 for the first time this year as 1,337 persons in SPSR Nellore district and 1,236 persons in Prakasam contracted the infection in last 24 hours ending 9 a.m. on Monday, according to a health bulletin released by the State government.
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Soaring infections in the region increases rush at vaccination centres
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The Bandlamita centre wears a deserted look in view of lockdown-like curbs in Ongole on Wednesday.
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Soaring infections in the region increases rush at vaccination centres
There was no relief for people from coronavirus in South Coastal Andhra Pradesh as 12 more patients succumbed to the disease which continued to spread thick and fast in the region on Wednesday.
The number of active cases rapidly rose to a high of 17,345 as 2,605 persons contracted the infection in the last 24 hours ending 9 a.m. on Wednesday, according to a health bulletin released by the State government.
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One dies in Prakasam, while Nellore records zero deaths
The coronavirus infections continue to rise in the south coastal Andhra Pradesh as 453 persons tested positive for the virus in Prakasam and Nellore districts in 24 hours.
One person succumbed to the infection in Prakasam district, taking the toll to 588, said a health bulletin released by the government on Friday. However, the toll remained static at 518 in Nellore district during the period even as 3,817 persons underwent test.
The active cases rose to 2,487 as 292 persons tested positive in Nellore and 161 in Prakasam. With this, the cumulative tally in both the districts went up to 1,28,036. The recovery rate dipped to 97.19% as about 500 new cases were identified in the region on an average. So far, 1.24 lakh persons have recovered in these districts.
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4.58 lakh persons take the jab in Nellore and Prakasam districts as cases surge
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A youth undergoing a COVID-19 test at an urban health centre in Ongole on Wednesday.
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4.58 lakh persons take the jab in Nellore and Prakasam districts as cases surge
Thousands of people thronged vaccine session sites set up across South Coastal Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday, even as positive cases surged in the districts of Prakasam and Nellore.
One person succumbed to COVID-19 from Nellore district in the last 24 hours, taking its death toll to 515. Prakasam district’s toll remained unchanged at 586, according to a health bulletin released by the State government.