Andhra Pradesh on Monday crossed the five-lakh mark in COVID-19 cases after 8,368 fresh infections were reported in the last 24 hours. The death toll in the state is now 4,487 after 70 more people died due to COVID-19 related issues. 

The COVID-19 tally of the state has been on a rapid surge since August. Before Monday, the state had recorded over 10,000 daily cases for 12 days.  The tally of coronavirus cases in Andhra Pradesh is now 5,06,493. 

The state bulletin on Monday said 10,055 more patients recovered from the disease, taking the overall number of those cured to 4,04,074. Andhra Pradesh has now  97,932 active cases.

The overall infection positivity rate climbed further up to 12.16% while the recovery rate increased to 79.78%.

The mortality rate remained stable at 0.89%, according to the bulletin.

Prakasam district now has the highest number of 14,024 active coronavirus cases, pushing East Godavari to the second spot with 13,941.

Moving closer to the 25,000 total cases mark, Vizianagaram showed 9,002 active cases, the third highest in the state.

Andhra Pradesh reached the one lakh mark on July 27, two lakh on August 7 and three-lakh mark on August 18, and four lakh on August 28.

It took 180 days for the state to go from just one case to five lakh cases after the first person tested positive for the contagion on March 12, with the last two lakh coming in just 20 days.