AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh's Covid-19 caseload shot up to 3,45,216 on Saturday with 10,276 more people testing positive, while 97 fresh fatalities pushed its coronavirus death toll to 3,189, health officials said. Andhra Pradesh is the third worst affected state in the country after Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu in terms of the number of Covid-19 cases and the fifth in the highest number of deaths after Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Delhi. According to a statement by the health department, 13 fatalities were reported from Chittoor district, 11 from Anantapur district and 10 from Nellore. 8 people each succumbed in East Godavari, West Godavari, Kadapa, Kurnool and Prakasam districts, 6 each in Guntur and Visakhapatnam, 5 in Srikakulam and 3 each in Krishna and Vizianagaram districts. (IANS)
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