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Every second person in Anantapur is COVID positive
The Hindu
District records highest-ever positivity rate of 44.99% on Friday
Almost every second person living in Anantapur district seems to be turning COVID-19 positive with the positivity rate on Friday recording the highest-ever 44.99% since March 2020. In the 24 hours ending 10 a.m. on Friday, of the 3,954 samples tested, 1,778 tested positive and there were 14,185 active cases in the district, leaving almost no hospital bed vacant. The positivity rate was slowly climbing up in the rural areas with a positivity rate of 4.23% against an overall cumulative positivity rate of 10.62% from last year.More Related News