Updated: Active cases down to 30,584 from a peak of 40,000 earlier this month Share Article AAA Prakasam SP Siddarth Kaushal leading police personnel in enforcing the partial curfew in Ongole on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: KOMMURI SRINIVAS Active cases down to 30,584 from a peak of 40,000 earlier this month After reporting fewer number of deaths in the past few days, the daily toll rose again as 17 more patients succumbed to the infection and more than 1,500 persons tested positive in a span of 24 hours. Though the number of recoveries was better when compared to fresh cases, the unrelenting toll remained a cause of concern.