AP sees 43 new positives cases in a day

Naveen S Garewal

Tribune News Service

Hyderabad, April 1

The single largest number of new cases in a day was reported from Andhra Pradesh today with the latest medical bulletin reporting 43 fresh positive cases in a single day. The total number of cases in the state is now 87. Many of these cases are people who returned from Nizamudin Markaz.

The sudden spurt has caused a panic and sent the people and the state government in a tizzy. Police have started inspection of mosques from where many people are being pulled out for violations of orders to close the masjids.

Reportedly many people testing are those who have returned from Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Nizamudin in Delhi back to AP. More than 700 people from the state had been identified as having attended the Jamaat conference.

The 43 positive cases have been reported between 9 pm on Tuesday and 9 am on Wednesday, taking the overall number of positive cases in the state to 87.

This is apart from two persons – one in Nellore and another in Visakhapatnam, who had already recovered from the disease and were discharged from the hospitals last week.

According to Andhra Pradesh health bulletin, 373 samples were tested in the last 12 hours, of which 330 samples tested negative and the remaining 43 tested positive.

Most of the positive cases were 15 from Kadapa, followed by 13 in West Godavari, five in Chittoor, four in Prakasam, two each in East Godavari and Nellore and one each in Krishna and Visakhapatnam.