3-year old to 80-year old among 483 COVID-19 patients in AP

: The oldest person to test positive for coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh was an 80-year old woman from Guntur while the youngest were two three-year old girls, one from Kurnool and another from East Godavari district.

Of the total 483 COVID-19 cases registered in the state from March 12 to April 14, 125 were female and the rest male.

And, 31 of those afflicted were under the age of 15 years, data released by the AP government here on Tuesday revealed.

Among the children, there were two each of three, five and seven years, three each of eight and six years, a nine- year old and six were 10-year old.

Of the 31 children under the age of 15, the number of girls were 19.

The Government of India authorities insisted that AP too release the COVID-19 details like other states in a transparent manner and, accordingly, the state government finally released some data on the pandemic thus far, official sources said.

The government data revealed that, among the 483 cases, 13 foreign returnees contracted coronavirus and 12 of their contacts got afflicted through human-to-human transmission.

Another 33 cases were due to "other reasons."