A family wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus rides a motorcycle in the rain in Hyderabad (AP)
In Andhra Pradesh, East Godavari district has a total of 93,184 cases of coronavirus, with as many as 10,485 active cases, the highest in the state. Chittoor district reported 975 new cases while West Godavari reported 922 new cases and Prakasam 620. Kurnool added the least number of cases at 206.
Prakasam district reported 10 deaths in the past 24 hours while Chittoor and Kadapa registered eight fatalities each.
Meanwhile, in Telangana, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation accounted for the highest number of cases with 297, followed by 152 in Karimnagar, 147 in Rangareddy, 137 in Medchal Malkajgiri, 105 in Nalgonda
and other districts, according to the state government bulletin.
As many as 50,108 samples were tested on September 26, taking the total number of samples tested so far to 28,50,869. The samples tested per million population was 76,788, the bulletin said.read more
Telangana, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh Coronavirus Live Updates: 2072 new cases, 9 deaths in Telangana; slowdown in AP
