Telangana, Hyderabad and Andhra Pradesh, India Coronavirus LIVE Updates Today 11 August 2020

Andhra Pradesh News: A fire broke out at the cellar of KSR Complex building at Dondaparthi junction in Visakhapatnam. The incident happened in the wee hours of Tuesday, causing damage to new and old furniture stored in the cellar. Read Full Story

Andhra Pradesh News: Somu Veerraju takes charge as AP BJP president

Somu Veerraju took over as AP BJP president on Tuesday. The swearing-in ceremony was attended by BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav, BJP state assistant in-charge Sunil Deodar, Madhukar Ji, Purandeswari, Kanna Lakshminarayana and party chiefs. BJP leaders observed a two-minute silence on the death of former minister Manikyalarao and the Swarna Palace accident. 

Coronavirus in Telangana: 1,896 new COVID19 cases, 1,788 recoveries, and 8 deaths reported in Telangana on August 10, taking the total number of cases to 82,647, including 22,628 active cases, 59,374 recoveries and 645 deaths so far: Director of Public Health and Family Welfare, Telangana 

Andhra Pradesh News: The Andhra Pradesh government headed by YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has issued key orders regarding sand giving clarity over excavations and transport regulations. The Department of Mines has issued directives setting base rates for sand excavation, loading, transportation and door delivery. For open excavations, sand excavation on graduate lands is fixed at Rs. 90 per ton while sand loading by JCB has been fixed at Rs. 25 per ton and for transport Rs. 4.90 charged per km. Read Full Story

Coronavirus in india: Single-day spike of 53,601 cases and 871 deaths reported in India, in the last 24 hours.

The COVID19 tally rises to 22,68,676 including 6,39,929 active cases, 15,83,490 cured/discharged/migrated & 45,257 deaths: Ministry of Health