Rapid Antigen testing for samples collected at private labs at Rs 750 per test at AP
Andhra Pradesh recorded 7,948 fresh cases of COVID-19 across the state on tuesday, taking the total number of cases to 1,07,402. Meanwhile, india reported 47,704 COVID-19 cases and 654 deaths in the last 24 hours. With this, the country's coronavirus tally climbed up to 14,83,157 and the toll rose to 33,425, according to data released by the Union Ministry of health and Family Welfare on Tuesday. A total of 3,064 patients were reported to have recovered in the 24-hour period ending at 9 am on Tuesday. With this, a total of 52,622 patients have recovered in the state so far.
Apparently east godavari district once again recorded the highest number of cases (1,367), followed by kurnool (1,146) and guntur (945). west godavari recorded the fourth-highest spike with 757 new cases, followed by Anantapur (740), kadapa (650), chittoor (452), srikakulam (392), nellore (369), prakasam (335), Krishna (293), visakhapatnam (282) and vizianagaram (220). east godavari continues to have the highest number of active patients at 10,481, followed by kurnool district which now has 6,342 active patients. visakhapatnam now has 5,776 active patients, followed by west godavari district with the fourth-highest number of active patients at 5,753.
Moreover the health, Medical and Family Welfare Department recently capped the rates for Rapid Antigen testing for samples collected at private labs at Rs 750 per test, while RT-PCR testing is capped at Rs 2,800 per sample.