This story is from April 7, 2020

First positive case in Khammam dist

First positive case in Khammam dist
Hyderabad: More than a month after first Covid-19 case was reported in the state, Khammam on Monday reported its first positive case. Khammam district, which has a population of 17 lakh and four lakhs alone in Khammam municipal corporation did not have any positive case till Monday. Interestingly, neighbouring districts-Bhadradri-Kothagudem has four cases, Suryapet district has eight positive cases Mahbubabad district recorded one case in the past one month.
The district had 580 foreign returnees and of them 565 people were home quarantined.
Suspects were kept in isolation wards of a government hospital and private medical college. “While 120 coronavirus test results were sent to Hyderabad, 119 tests were negative and only one is positive,” official said.
“The first case was reported on Monday. The person travelled to Delhi, but not to Tablighi Jamaat at Markaz Nizamuddin. He belongs to Pedda Thanda near Khammam town. The person went to Delhi on March 12 and attended a meeting. While coming back on March 18, he travelled with participants of Jamaat,” Khammam collector RV Karnan told TOI.
Though Khammam town is junction for various districts including Kothagudem, the district administration has taken measures to contain the spread of virus. “We have improved sanitation in all the localities apart from implementing lockdown totally,” the district collector said.
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