COVID cases spiking yet again in Telangana
The Hindu
Positivity rate in State and country has increased by four-fold in the past one week
A sharp spike in COVID-19 cases was recorded in Telangana on Monday, as 482 people were detected with coronavirus. Daily case load in three days prior to it will put the spike in a perspective.
While 311 COVID positives were detected on December 31, the number was 317 on January 1, and 274 on January 2. The case load was 482 on January 3. While 38,362 people were examined on Monday, results of 3,228 were awaited. One more COVID-19 patient had died.
Of the 482 new infections, the highest of 294 were from Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), 55 from Rangareddy, 48 from Medchal-Malkajgiri.
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