Coronavirus
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment. Older people and those with underlying medical problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer are more likely to develop serious illness.
The best way to prevent and slow down transmission is to be well informed about the COVID-19 virus, the disease it causes and how it spreads. Protect yourself and others from infection by washing our hands or using an alcohol-based rub frequently and not touching our face. The COVID-19 virus spreads primarily through droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose when an infected person coughs or sneezes, so it’s important that we also practice respiratory etiquette (for example, by coughing into a flexed elbow).
COVID Cases in Telangana Three Months After May
Telangana recorded as many as 1,531 COVID – 19 positive cases on October 29, taking the total number of positive cases in the State to 2,37,187.
The total number of active cases now stands at 18,456, and the number of those who have recovered at 1,048. The cumulative recoveries are 2,17,401. The State tested as many as 43,790 samples on October 29, and the total number of tests stands at 42,40,748. The number of samples awaiting results is 1,037. The number of COVID – 19 positive persons in-home and institutional isolation is 15,425. There were six fatalities on October 29, pushing the total number of deaths to 1,330.
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation limits recorded 293 cases, followed by Medchal-Malkajgiri district with 120, Rangareddy district with 114, and Bhadadri Kothagudem with 96. The State government has 18 RT-PCR, CBNAAT, TRUENAT testing facilities and 1,076 rapid antigen testing centers. Additionally, there are 47 RT-PCR, CBNAAT, and TRUENAT testing facilities. Those with moderate to severe symptoms have been directed to report to any notified government COVID – 19 hospital. The State has assured the public that there are sufficient beds in these hospitals.
COVID Condition in Telangana at Present
Telangana reported 2,251 new Covid-19 cases pushing the tally to over 3.29 lakh, while the toll rose to 1,765 with six more fatalities, the state government said on Monday. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the greatest number of cases with 355, followed by Medchal-Malkajgiri (258) and Nizamabad (244), it said in a bulletin, providing details as of 8 pm on April 11. The total number of cases stood at 3,29,529 while with 565 patients being cured, the total recoveries were at 3,05,900.
The state has 21,864 active cases and over 79 thousand samples were tested on Sunday.
Cumulatively, over 1.10 crore samples have been tested. The samples tested per million population was over 2.97 lakh, the bulletin said. The case fatality rate in the state was 0.54%, while it was 1.3% at the national level. The recovery rate in Telangana was 92.82%, while it was 89.9% in the country.
Vaccination
On 12 January 2021, a consignment of 3.64 lakh doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca's Covid shield vaccine arrived in Hyderabad from Pune. Along with 3.64 lakh doses of Covid shield, manufactured by Serum Institute of India, the Telangana Health department has received 20,000 doses of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin on 13 January 2021. S Kistamma, a female sanitation worker at the Gandhi Hospital in Secunderabad, became the first person in Telangana to receive the COVID-19 vaccination on the morning of 16 January 2020.
Written by - Sharmistha Pratap
Edited by - Gunika Manchanda
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