Nine Thousand  and Nine hundred and  ninety six (9,996)  new Covid- 19 positive cases have been recorded, when tested  at least  55,692 samples in  Andhra Pradesh during the  last  24 hours.  <br />''<br />''Nine Thousand  and  four  hundred and Ninety Nine ( 9,499) persons have  recovered and have been discharged from various Covid hospitals in the AP State  during past 24 hrs  time as per the  AP State  Covid Nodal Officer, Vijayawada, AP.<br />'' <br />''A total  2,64,142  Covid positive  cases have been recorded  so far in Andhra Pradesh, and  1,70,924  persons have been  recovered  and discharged from various  Covid  hospitals across the State  and  90,840  persons  are under Covid treatment.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">27,05,459  samples have been tested so far in the State and while  2378  covid  deaths reported in AP.  The highest number of 1504 positive cases have been recorded in East Godavari district and which followed by Chittoor with 963 during the last 24 hours.</span><br />