This story is from July 16, 2020

Four Covid deaths in Nizamabad

Four Covid deaths in Nizamabad
HYDERABAD: Four persons have died of Covid-19 in Nizamabad district in the state on Wednesday taking the toll to 14.
The district administration has been conducting Covid tests and the results were obtained for 49 samples on Wednesday. From these, 33 tested negative and 13 tested positive. For the 69 samples sent for testing, the results are awaited.
Officials said so far 1,719 samples were sent for testing out of which 1,399 tested negative and 281 tested positive.
Results of the rest of 73 samples are awaited.
Nizamabad district medical and health officer Dr M Sudarshanam urged people to take measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19. He also urged that no functions and gatherings should be held. “There should be voluntary adherence to lockdown norms,” he said.
In the wake of the number of cases being reported, officials have urged the public to take precaution and at the same time not panic but report to the hospitals if they have any symptoms of Covid-19. On July 14, as many as 20 positive cases were reported out of the results for 48 samples in the district. From them 23 were negative.
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Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.

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