Accordingly the number of persons testing positive for COVID-19 in andhra pradesh crossed the 300-mark by 6 pm on Monday. The state's nodal officer for COVID-19 stated that 37 new cases have been detected from the tests conducted between 9 am and 6 pm on Monday. Meanwhile, one COVID-19 patient from krishna district was discharged from the hospital on Monday. With this, the number of persons who have recovered stands at six in the state.
Continuing with the trends observed in the past few days, the highest number of persons testing positive was detected in kurnool district. With 18 new cases testing positive, the district's tally rose to 74 on monday evening. At a review meeting held earlier on monday, officials said that Special Chief Secretary jawahar reddy had informed chief minister jagan mohan reddy that of the 266 confirmed COVID-19 cases reported as of monday morning, 243 persons were linked to the Tablighi Jamaat congregation held in delhi last month. This means that each of these 243 persons had either travelled to delhi to attend the meeting themselves, or were contacts of the attendees.
Increase in testing facilities, and agricultural work and marketing of harvest in the upcoming crop season, and steps to be taken for protecting aqua farmers were also discussed at the review meeting. Testing capacities at the vizag, guntur and kadapa labs are expected to be upgraded soon. With new test kits arriving from ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research), it was decided that random testing could be held in more clusters.
