Covid cases up in 13 TS districts

KARIMNAGAR HAS been a zone of concern for some weeks now for the state health department with cases going up and down indicating a running battle between Covid-19 and people.

Proving that nothing can be taken for granted, even remotely, with respect to

Covid-19 and its spread, Telangana state reported

364 fresh cases of the disease on Saturday, a slight increase from the 359 cases reported on Friday.

While 13 of the 33 districts reported a rise in cases, ranging between one and 15, four districts — Yadadri Bhongir, Warangal Rural, Vikarabad, and Jogulamba Gadwal — reported the same number of cases as on Friday. The rest reported fewer cases than Friday.

While there was a marginal increase from 74 to

76 cases in the GHMC area, the largest increase came from Karimnagar district which reported 44 cases, 15 more than Friday. Karimnagar has been a zone of concern for some weeks now for the state health department with cases going up and down indicating a running battle between

Covid-19 and people. On Friday, Karimnagar reported 29 cases, preceded by 45 on Thursday, 46 on Wednesday, 54 on Tuesday, 32 on Monday, and 30 on Sunday last.

Covid-19 Update:

Fresh cases: 364; Deaths:

2; Tests done: 75,289; Active cases: 6,608; Total cases: 6,54,758; Total deaths: 3,856

Most new cases: GHMC:

76; Karimnagar: 44; Nalgonda, Warangal Urban: 22; Ranga Reddy:

21; Medchal Malkajgiri:

20

Fewest new cases: Adilabad, Jogulamba Gadwal, Nagarkurnool, Nirmal, Narayanpet, Vikarabad, Wanaparthy:

1; JS Bhupalapally: 2; Jangaon, KB Asifabad, Mahbubnagar: 3; Kamareddy, Medak, Mulugu, Nizamabad: 4; Sangareddy: 5