VISAKHAPATNAM , ANDHRA PRADESH : 30/05/2021 : Traffic police stoping a motorist who came on roads during curfew hours near Assilmetta junction in Visakhapatnam on Sunday, May 30, 2021. The city police have been booking number of violation cases on daily basis against people disobeying orders. Photo : K.R. DEEPAK / The Hindu | Photo Credit: DEEPAK KR
Andhra Pradesh has extended the Covid-related curfew across the State till June 10.
The present daily relaxation from 6 am to 12 pm, for the public to shop for essentials continues. A decision to this effect has been taken by Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in a review meeting on Monday. Previously, the ongoing curfew was to end on today.
For the first time after many weeks, the new daily Covid-19 cases fell below 10,000 in the State.
According to a bulletin released by the Government on Monday, out of 83,461 samples tested in the last 24 hours, 7,943 tested positive which represented a steep fall from the new cases reported on Sunday which were at 13,400.
The recoveries outpaced new cases at 19,845. The deaths due to the pandemic, however, continue to be alarming as 98 patients have succumbed since Sunday taking the total death toll so far to 10,930.
The State now has 1.54 lakh active covid cases.
Published on May 31, 2021
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