<span style="color: #222222;">In Andhra Pradesh, a record number of more than 50 lakh samples have been tested for novel Coronavirus infection so far. A total of 8,218 more COVID-19 positive cases have been recorded, when 74,595 samples were tested in the State during the last 24 hours.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">During the past 24 hours time 10,820 persons were recovered and discharged from various COVID hospitals in the State as per the State COVID Nodal Officer in Vijayawada. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">A total of 6,17,776 COVID positive cases have been recorded so far in the State and 5,30,711 persons have recovered and discharged from various hospitals across the State. At present, 81,763 persons are under COVID treatment while 5,302 patients have lost their lives in the State so far.</span><br />''