AMARAVATI : After many weeks, Andhra Pradesh's count of coronavirus cases increased by a little over 5,000 on Monday, as state Special Chief Secretary (Health) K S Jawahar Reddy said the infection spread has been on a declining trend over the last couple of weeks.
The state reported 5,487 fresh cases of COVID-19 from 66,121 sample tests in 24 hours ending 9 am on Monday while 7,210 patients got cured and discharged from hospitals.
The COVID-19 toll in the 24 hours was only 37, a significant drop over the past few days. "If you look at the biweekly change, there has been a 23.75 per cent reduction in the number of coronavirus cases in the fortnights August 30-September 12 and September 13-26.The reduction in the number of deaths was 22.5 per.