COVID-19: Fever survey in Telangana shows true extent of second wave Nearly 6.70 lakh people were found having flu-like symptoms similar to COVID-19 and have been put on symptomatic treatment for COVID-19. Share Via Email | A+A A- A COVID-19 patient returns back due to non-availability of beds at a hospital, in Hyderabad. (File photo| PTI) Express News Service HYDERABAD: The first phase of the fever survey, which was taken up in Telangana in the beginning of May 2021, appears to have brought to fore the true extent of COVID-19 outbreak in the second wave. Nearly 6.70 lakh people were found having flu-like symptoms similar to COVID-19 and have been put on symptomatic treatment for COVID-19, according to government data. Meanwhile, during the same period, the health bulletin showed that over 1,62,120 tested positive for COVID-19.