Visakhapatnam records highest daily tally of COVID cases so far
- Visakhapatnam
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Satyapriya Buddhavarapu
- January 21st 2022
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COVID cases are continuing to climb new highs in Visakhapatnam district. The district recorded 2,117 fresh infections in the last 24 hours.
This marks the first time that the single-day tally has crossed the 2,000-mark during the third wave of the pandemic.
It is in May, 2021, when the district recorded more than 2000 daily cases and it was when the second wave was at its peak.
Active cases have breached the 10,000-mark in a span of three weeks, numbering11,088 as of yesterday. It took just 24 days for the active cases to increase from around 100 to over 10,000. It may be recalled that the active caseload were just three digits in December.
According to reports, the district recorded three COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 1,120.
