Andhra Pradesh's active Covid-19 cases mounted to 900 on 5 March, Friday, while the state logged 124 fresh infections, pushing the tally to over 8.9 lakh, health officials said.
As many as 94 more persons have recovered from the virus in the past 24 hours.
Among other places, Anantapur (10), Nellore and Srikakulam (6 each), Kadapa and Kurnool (4 each) and West Godavari (1).
However, no infections were recorded in Prakasam district while Chittoor has been logging the highest number of cases regularly.
Meanwhile, one more person succumbed to the virus in the past 24 hours, raising the toll to 7,172
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