This story is from January 3, 2021

Spike in Covid-19 cases recorded in Telangana's Suryapet

Following a sudden spike in the number of Covid-19 positive cases in Suryapet, officials are on alert. On Saturday, as many as 25 cases were detected out of 1,574 tests that were conducted.
Spike in Covid-19 cases recorded in Telangana's Suryapet
HYDERABAD: Following a sudden spike in the number of Covid-19 positive cases in Suryapet, officials are on alert. On Saturday, as many as 25 cases were detected out of 1,574 tests that were conducted.
Twenty people tested positive in two gated communities in the town after attending a funeral a couple of days ago. On Saturday, 100 tests were done in the same colonies and two more positive cases were detected.
Out of 860 tests done on Friday, five tested positive and as many as 54 people tested positive out of 1,418 tests conducted on the last day of 2020.
On December 30, out of 1,418 tests done, 28 had tested positive.
DMHO K Harshavardhan, who visited the affected areas, spoke to the families to ascertain if any of them had any other illnesses and needed additional medical care.
He asked those who tested positive to approach health staff so that necessary medical help could be provided. Municipal commissioner P Ramanjula Redddy and staff visited the colonies where the cases were reported and disinfected the area. The disinfection was carried out in neighbouring colonies too.
During the early months of the pandemic, Suryapet was in the red zone as several positive cases were reported from there. Officials said the number of cases were coming down as seen from the figures. In October, 16% of those tested were positive and in November, it came down to 10%. In December, 1.83% people tested positive in the district.
Meanwhile, the DMHO urged people to follow Covid-19 norms and maintain social distancing if they have to attend any gatherings but suggested that it would be best if they avoided being at any crowded place.
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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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