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Fatality and recovery rates were 1.73 per cent and 85.78 per cent respectively.

This was the first time there was no COVID-19 fatality this month in the UT which has been witnessing a declining trend in number of deaths in recent days.

The Union Territory administration was also doing maximum tests to detect the infection early, she said while asking the citizens to also report early if there were symptoms of the virus.

Health Minister Malladi Krishna Rao said that the fatality rate was 1.85 per cent while the recovery rate stood at 81.69 per cent.

Of the 28,752 overall COVID-19 cases, 4,874 were active while 23,344 patients recovered and were discharged.

Narayanasamy had condemned the police action against Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadras as a clear "exposure of the Jungle Raj and Hitler Raj in UP."