Vijayawada, Mar 31 (UNI) Giving a danger signal to the Andhra Pradesh government, about 17 COVID-19 postive cases have been registered in the state during the last 24 hours, taking the total number of Coronavirus cases to 40.
An official statement here on Tuesday said the blood samples of 147 persons were tested on Monday, of which 17 are positive. So far 561 tests for Coronavirus have been conducted.
Out of the 17 new Coronavirus positive cases, 8 persons had attended a religious prayer meeting at Markaz in Nizamuddin area in Delhi, 6 had close contacts with those who attended Delhi meeting, one returnee from Madina and two maintained close contacts with Madina returnee.