66 fresh COVID-19 cases in Telangana
With 66 people testing positive for the virus, thetotal number of positive cases reported in the state rose to766, a media bulletin on COVID-19 said.
No death was reported today and the number of peoplewho succumbed to the virus remained unchanged at 18.
The number of people discharged from hospitals afterrecovery stood at 186, according to the bulletin.
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC)area accounted for 286 of the total 562 active cases, it said.
Containment zones have been taken up in thelocalities where positive cases are reported, an officialrelease said.
Across the state, containment measures are beingtaken up in 13 districts in which 209 clusters have beenidentified.
With 54 positive cases reported till Friday inSuryapet district, the Suryapet town would be a "red zone", anofficial release quoted state minister G Jagadish Reddy assaying.
State Municipal Administration Minister K T RamaRao, who held a video conference with Additional Collectorsand Municipal Commissioners of all districts from Hyderabad,directed municipal commissioners and zonal commissioners toensure that people living in containment zones stay indoors.
He suggested that essential items like milk andvegetables and medicines be delivered at the door step ofresidents in the containment zones by volunteers who should beprovided with a separate dress code.
He directed the officials to book cases againstthose who flout guidelines to be followed in such zones.
On Friday,state Finance Minister T Harish Rao, whofound a group of migrant labourers walking on the road atManoharabad to their native states from the outskirts ofHyderabad, asked them to stay at Manoharabad, a release said.
Though the group of migrant labourers sought to goto their native places, they relented after he promised themall support for their stay, it said.
Meanwhile, the University of Hyderabad (UoH),aCentral university, said it has been identified as COVID19testing centre under the city cluster identified by theCentre's Department of Biotechnology (DBT).
The cluster in Hyderabad consists of Centre for DNAFingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), CSIR-Centre forCellular Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB), National Institute ofAnimal Biotechnology (NIAB), CSIR-Indian Institute of ChemicalTechnology (CSIR-IICT), in addition to UoH.
The coordinating institution for Hyderabad is CSIR-CCMB, the UoH release said. SJR BNWELCOME BNWELCOME