AP breaches grim milestone of 1 lakh Covid-19 cases

The worst fears have come true. Andhra Pradesh has finally breached the grim milestone of 1 lakh Covid-19 cases with the state reporting over 6,000 fresh positive cases in the state taking the total number of coronavirus cases in Andhra Pradesh to 1,02349.

After unseating Karnataka from the fourth place, Andhra Pradesh is now racing to clinch the third position in the highest number of corona positive cases in the country with the state’s coronavirus caseload galloping.

The Jagan-led state reported 6,051 fresh cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in Andhra Pradesh to 1,02349 cases, according to the health bulletin released by the state government.

In the last three weeks, Andhra Pradesh has emerged as one of the biggest Covid-19 hotspots in the country. With 1,02349 positive cases, Andhra Pradesh had joined the big ‘1 lakh club’. The state is currently behind Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Delhi. It has recently outpaced Karnataka. While Maharashtra logged over 3.75 lakh Covid-19 positive cases, followed by Tamil Nadu with more than 2.13 lakh coronavirus cases. With AP caseload rapidly on the rise, the state is is not far from unseating Delhi which has over 1.31 lakh Covid-19 cases.

The state had mained the biggest contributor of Covid-19 cases for the last three weeks beating states like Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Telangana in the South in single-day spikes. In Southern States, Andhra Pradesh is continuing to drive India’s novel Coronavirus numbers which have been touching new highs every day for the last one week hovering around 6,000-8,000 cases.

In a worrying trend, COVID-19 deaths also rose for the third straight week in Andhra Pradesh. On June 1, the number of Covid-19 deaths stood at 198. By June 26, the death tally touched 1,040. In other words, the number of deaths saw a significant jump of 842 in just 26 days. In the last 24 hours, the state had reported another 42 deaths taking the total tally to 1,090.

In the last week, Andhra Pradesh has recorded one of the highest single-day spikes in the country. Last Friday, the state registered a record single-day jump of 8,147 new Covid-19 cases and 49 Covid-19 patients succumbed to the infection. The previous day, Andhra Pradesh reported 7,998 new positive cases while 61 people succumbed to the deadly infection. Last Wednesday, the state reported a record single-day spike of 6,045 new coronavirus cases and 65 deaths.

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Venugopal Rao says:

July 27, 2020 at 1:16 PM

Every single person will get Covid-19, doctor jagan or munnabhai jagan predicted. Shamefully, it is coming true. Jagan should take moral responsibility for his governments failure to halt the spread of the virus. Deplorable governance

!!!!!! says:

July 27, 2020 at 3:34 PM

Wow. Really tell me one government in the world that has been able to stop the spread of the virus. Dont just blame the government. The figures quoted here are from the government be thankful atleast his government is open and transparent even though people like you and CBN will say its failure of state governments.

Its easy to blame governments for everything, people need to be disciplined.

Venugopal Rao says:

July 27, 2020 at 7:23 PM

Ya. Jagan should give paracetamol and bleaching powder to the one lakh Covid-19 cases. I wonder if ysrcp mlas too popped paracetamol. Everyone who criticizes the govt doesn't need to be a yellow chaddi. Jagan's corona remarks had been ridiculously unscientific and illiterate. I am not a tdp guy and not a fan of naidu. Kejriwal , naveen patnaik and many other cms did not make such ludicrous statements

Navarathaalu says:

July 28, 2020 at 10:04 AM

Jagananna Carona Deevena.
!!!!!! says:

July 27, 2020 at 7:58 PM

Whats wrong in that ? Most countries in the world are recommending paracetamol if the symptoms are not too severe. What about the money they are spending on buying antibiotics for people who are severely effected by the virus ? Until the vaccination is found people will contract the virus if not careful and maintains social distancing thats what he said about living with virus.