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.