The state has 20954 patients as of Sunday morning and a majority of them were under home isolation. (Photo: DC/Murali Krishna) VIJAYAWADA: The Coronavirus infections are increasing on a daily basis in Andhra Pradesh for the past few days. On Sunday 3495 new infections were registered it was officially stated. Until recently only 500 to 1000 new cases used to be registered a day. The state confirmed nine deaths due to Covid and 3495 new infections for the 24-hour period ending Sunday morning. It was the highest single-day tally since October 23. As many as 31719 samples were tested. A total of 1.542 crore samples were tested in the state so far with a positivity rate of 6 per cent. Four new deaths were registered in Chittoor and one each in Guntur Kurnool Nellore Prakasam and Srikakulam districts. The total number of Coronavirus cases in AP state was 922506 of which the total recoveries were of 894252. The state has 20954 patients as of Sunday morning and a majority of them were under home isolation. District-wise the highest number of new Coronavirus infections 719 in a single day spike was registered in Chittoor followed by Guntur with 501 Visakhapatnam 405 Krishna 306 Srikakulam 293 Prakasam 215 Anantapur 209 Vizianagaram 193 Kadapa 192 Kurnool 191 Nellore 190 East Godavari 41 and West Godavari 40 cases. East Godavari is on top with a total of 125817 Coronavirus cases while West Godavari recorded 94735 cases Chittoor 94160 Guntur 82043 Anantapur 69540 Nellore 65013 Visakhapatnam 64708 Prakasam 63735 Kurnool 63063 Kadapa 56866 Krishna 52817 Srikakulam 48039 and Vizianagaram 41970 cases.

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