Updated: Late arrival of patients to hospitals contributing to toll: Collector Share Article AAA A patient being shifted in a serious condition to the COVID ward at the Ongole GGH on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: KOMMURI SRINIVAS Late arrival of patients to hospitals contributing to toll: Collector While there was no let-up in COVID-related deaths in SPSR Nellore district that reported eight fatalities in the last 24 hours, Prakasam also reported nine deaths taking the combined toll in South Coastal Andhra to 1,673. New cases The active case tally crossed the 31,000-mark in the region as 1,673 persons in SPSR Nellore district and 1,130 in Prakasam contracted the disease, according to a health bulletin released by the State government.