State logs 205 new COVID cases
The Hindu
Telangana on Wednesday recorded 205 fresh cases of COVID-19, taking the total to 6,77,546. While 38,085 samples were examined, results of 1,856 were awaited. In the past 10 days or so, the caseload ha
Telangana on Wednesday recorded 205 fresh cases of COVID-19, taking the total to 6,77,546. While 38,085 samples were examined, results of 1,856 were awaited.
In the past 10 days or so, the caseload has remained on the higher side even as 35,000 to 40,000 samples are tested a day. Wednesday was the third time in the past five days when the daily case burden crossed the 200-mark.
The new 205 infections included 79 from Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), 19 from Hanumakonda, 14 from Medchal Malkajgiri and 13 from Rangareddy. No infection was recorded in six districts.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists