The Andhra Pradesh government on Monday decided to relax the curfew timings by three hours. The decision came amid COVID-19 cases followed the decline path.

The ongoing COVID-induced curfew timings will be relaxed till 9 PM daily in eight of 13 districts in Andhra Pradesh. The new timings will come into effect from July 1 to 7. The other remaining five out of 13 districts namely East Godavari, West Godavari, Chittoor, Krishna and Prakasam districts have to follow the existing curfew hours. The same measures will continue to be in force from 6 PM to 6 AM due to a higher load of cases. The decision was taken during a high-level review meeting on the COVID-19 situation in the state. The review meeting was chaired by Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.

Meanwhile, the condition of the state recovers, only 2224 new coronavirus cases found while 31 deaths on Monday. The fresh cases were detected from 71758 tests at a positivity rate of 3 per cent, the lowest in more than three months. So far, the state has witnessed a total of 1882096 infections and 12630 fatalities.

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