Testing, tracing and treatment method to be intensified in five Andhra districts The state government had earlier announced that the lockdown restrictions won't be eased in Chittoor, Prakasam, Krishna, East and West Godavari districts owing to their high Covid positivity rate. Share Via Email | A+A A- People stand in a queue at a PHC in Tirupati on Monday for vaccination (Photo I EPS)K By Express News Service VIJAYAWADA: In view of the State government’s decision to continue the existing curfew hours (from 6 pm to 6 am) in five districts — Chittoor, Prakasam, Krishna, East Godavari and West Godavari — for one more week from July 1, administrations of these districts have decided to intensify tracing, testing and treatment in the localities where the number of Covid cases is high. Out of the over 15,000 village/ward secretariats, only 690 have been found to be reporting more than 10 cases per day. A majority of the 690 secretariats are in the five districts.