In last 2 weeks Andhra Covid tally rises above 1.2L, state records highest growth rate in India

Andhra Pradesh recorded 10,093 Covid-19 cases on the 29th of July – the highest for any state in India, even higher than Maharashtra who reported 9,211 cases on the day.
Andhra Pradesh has averaged 7,376 cases daily between the 22nd and the 28th of July and witnessed an alarming spike in the last couple of weeks.
From being at 8th spot in the total virus-load, the state has jumped to the 4th spot in just a fortnight. With 1,10,297 cases on July 28, Andhra stood only behind Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Delhi.
Cases in the state have surged since July 14 and it recorded a whopping 77,278 cases in the last couple of weeks, which indicates that 70% of its total case-load has been recorded in merely 14 days.
The state’s case-load has also increased by more than 3 times in the last couple of weeks. The Positivity Rate in the state has gone up from 1.14% on June 15 to 1.64% on June 30 and then from 2.91% on July 15 to 6.3% on July 28. However, its Positivity Rate remains below the National Average of 8.69% and lower than most of the other major states.

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