30 contract virus from Singareni worker

Hyderabad: As many as 41 people contracted the virus from two persons who had tested positive for Covid-19 in Mancherial in the last couple of days. There has been a sudden spurt in the number of positive cases in the district and it has been found that the virus spread through the two individuals.
A Singareni mines worker in Bellampalli was unwell and got himself admitted to a private hospital in Hyderabad for treatment.He tested positive for Covid-19.
The district authorities who were alerted immediately traced the patient’s contacts and conducted tests. It was found that as many as 30 persons with whom the worker was in contact before he had gone to Hyderabad contracted the virus from him. Among them are some workers of Singareni mines who are now under isolation.
In the second instance, a woman who had a chronic illness tested positive for Covid-19 and through her 11 others got infected. “Most of those who had been in contact with the two persons were asymptomatic. Nevertheless, they were shifted to an isolation centre and their swab samples were sent for Covid-19 tests. Those who have tested positive will be treated in home isolation,” DMHO M Neeraja told TOI. So far, 116 Covid-19 positive cases have been reported in the district. There was one death.