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Updated: Exporters still adopting a wait-and-watch approach, say farmers Share Article AAA A representative of a trading firm examining the quality of tobacco as auctions resume in Ongole. | Photo Credit: KOMMURI SRINIVAS Exporters still adopting a wait-and-watch approach, say farmers Auctions have resumed on a promising note in the traditional tobacco growing areas in Nellore and Prakasam districts after a 16-day break, as the intensity of COVID-19 has lessened across South Coastal Andhra Pradesh. Anxious to liquidate the stocks on hand and fearing deterioration in the quality of the produce as and when the southwest monsoon sets in, farmers brought over 6,000 bales for sale in the 11 auction platforms in the Southern Light Soil (SLS) and Southern Black Soil (SBS) regions till Tuesday evening.
Unabated deaths cause of concern Updated: Updated: South Coastal Andhra reports 1,626 new infections; daily toll touches 20 Share Article AAA A journalist taking the jab as Ongole MP Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy and Prakasam District Collector Pola Bhaskar and others look on, in Ongole on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: KOMMURI SRINIVAS South Coastal Andhra reports 1,626 new infections; daily toll touches 20 New COVID infections showed a slight increase in the South Coastal Andhra region while unabated fatalities continued to be a cause of concern. Eleven patients in Prakasam district and nine in SPSR Nellore district succumbed to the disease in the past 24 hours ending 9.00 am on Tuesday. With this, the toll increased to 1,539 in the region.
Breather for health staff as cases see a dip Updated: Updated: More than 3,000 discharged after recovery in Prakasam, Nellore Share Article AAA The number of active cases still remained high at 23,919 in Prakasam and 16,715 in Nellore district. | Photo Credit: KOMMURI SRINIVAS More than 3,000 discharged after recovery in Prakasam, Nellore The improved recovery rate coupled with the fall in new COVID infections in South Coastal Andhra in the past 24 hours has come as a breather for the health workers in the region. At least 3,151 patients were discharged after recovery in Nellore and Prakasam in the past 24 hours, highest in the last two months. New cases in the districts also dipped to 1,206 after a long time, with Nellore reporting 503 infections and Prakasam 703, according to a health bulletin released by the State Government on Monday night.
In Rural Andhra Pradesh, COVID-19 Has Had a Devastating Impact The timing of the second wave has coincided with the lean agricultural period. Those who have the economic means can avoid going out, but for agricultural labourers the curtailment of mobility has hit migration to the cities for work. Representative image. Photo: PTI Rights8 hours ago As in the rest of India, the impact of the second wave of COVID-19 in Andhra Pradesh has been devastating. A feature of the state post bifurcation in 2014 is that geographically it has three distinct regions (Rayalaseema, South Coastal Andhra and North Coastal Andhra) each with one large urban agglomeration (Tirupati, Vijayawada-Guntur and Visakhapatnam respectively). COVID-19 has overwhelmed all three regions with the government now forced to declare the whole city of Tirupati as a containment zone.
Updated: Late arrival of patients to hospitals contributing to toll: Collector Share Article AAA A patient being shifted in a serious condition to the COVID ward at the Ongole GGH on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: KOMMURI SRINIVAS Late arrival of patients to hospitals contributing to toll: Collector While there was no let-up in COVID-related deaths in SPSR Nellore district that reported eight fatalities in the last 24 hours, Prakasam also reported nine deaths taking the combined toll in South Coastal Andhra to 1,673. New cases The active case tally crossed the 31,000-mark in the region as 1,673 persons in SPSR Nellore district and 1,130 in Prakasam contracted the disease, according to a health bulletin released by the State government.
Updated: More number of youth contracting the infection this year, officials say Share Article AAA Patients waiting at the COVID reception centre of the GGH in Ongole on Monday. | Photo Credit: KOMMURI SRINIVAS More number of youth contracting the infection this year, officials say Over 2,000 persons tested positive for virus in South Coastal Andhra, while eight more patients succumbed to it, all in Nellore, in a span of 24 hours. The toll rose to 1,339 in the region, with Nellore accounting for 664 deaths and Prakasam for 675, according to a health bulletin released by the State government on Monday night. For the first time during the second wave, the active caseload rose to 30,694 in the two districts with 1,432 new cases in Nellore and 639 in Prakasam. Unlike during the first wave, more number of youth are contracting the disease now, health officials said.
Virus claims 13 lives in South Coastal Andhra Updated: Updated: Active cases cross 22,000 in the region Share Article AAA A health worker carrying an oxygen cylinder and a wheelchair to shift a patient from an ambulance to the GGH in Ongole on Sunday. | Photo Credit: KOMMURI SRINIVAS Active cases cross 22,000 in the region Thirteen more patients succumbed to the virus in South Coastal Andhra, which registered over 2,300 cases in a span of 24 hours. The number of active cases crossed the 22,000-mark in the region as 2,389 persons got infected in the 24 hours ending 9 a.m. on Sunday, a health bulletin released by the State government said on Sunday night. Prakasam accounted for 1,378 of the new cases, while Nellore accounted for 1,011.
Prakasam gears up for rollout of vaccination programme Updated: Updated: Nurses getting trained; five each selected from all villages to get the shot Share Article Nurses getting trained; five each selected from all villages to get the shot The health officials in Prakasam district geared up for rolling out the vaccination programme and five persons each were selected for vaccination from each of the villages. The medical staff members at the grassroots level were being trained to administer the shots, said Prakasam District Medical and Health Officer P.Ratnavalli, while overseeing the preparation of an action plan to roll it out as and when the State Government gives the green signal.