Telangana s daily Covid cases breach 5k mark
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Telangana s daily Covid count surges close to 1,500 mark. Image Source: IANS News
Hyderabad, April 18 : Telangana reported 5,093 fresh Covid infections in the last 24 hours, health officials said on Sunday.
Meanwhile, 15 deaths were reported in Telangana in the last 24 hours, pushing the toll to 1,824. The case fatality rate dipped slightly from 0.52 to 0.51 per cent against the national average of 1.2 per cent.
The maximum cases continue to be reported from the state capital region and surrounding districts.
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) region reported 743 cases while adjoining districts of Medchal-Malkajgiri and Rangareddy recorded 488 and 407 cases respectively.
Fighting virus threat with sanitation drive
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Over 16,000 areas in capital covered
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Over 16,000 areas in capital covered
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) launched a special sanitation drive in different parts of the city on Sunday to meet the COVID-19 threat. Its teams took up fogging in more than 16,000 areas with small sized fogging machines.
The special drive follows instructions of Municipal Administration Minister K.T. Rama Rao for taking up sanitation programmes over four days by mobilising additional vehicles and spending more time on operations. GHMC teams fanned out into different areas and took up activities like cleaning of garbage.
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