visakhapatnam andhra pradesh reported 238 new covid19 cases on saturday taking the cumulative caseload to 882850 the toll increased to 7111 as three more people succumbed to the novel coronavirus as many as 279 patients were declared cured there are currently 3194 active cases with 872545 cumulative recoveries and 7111 deathschittoor reported 59 new infections while the remaining 12 districts posted less than 50 new cases each nellore prakasam srikakulam and vizianagaram registered singledigit case numbers active cases are as few as 37 cases in vizianagaram but above 500 in krishna and guntur districtsandhra pradesh tested 48518 covid19 samples to detect 238 new cases translating to a case positivity rate of less than 05 this is the lowest singleday case positivity rate in the last seven months the state has so far conducted 119 crore tests with an overall positivity rate of 74 the mortality rate remains stable at 08with declining cases the health department has denotified about 160 covid19 hospitals in the last three months from the peak of 252 hospitals even at the remaining 88 covid19 hospitals more than 95 beds remained vacant as of saturday