Coronavirus News Updates: Hyderabad, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh News Today 5 April 2021

Hyderabad: Man held for spreading fake lockdown news

A man was arrested by the city police for spreading fake lockdown news in the state. Hyderabad commissioner of police Anjani Kumar said that the man created fake GO stating that the government is planning to announce lockdown again in Telangana amid rising coronavirus cases in the city and circulated it on various social media platforms. Read Full Story

Andhra Pradesh: Protests continue against privatisation of Visakhapatnam steel plant

The movement against the privatisation of Visakhapatnam steel plant is gaining momentum day by day. The relay hunger strike is continuing near GVMC Gandhi statue in protest of the central government's decision. The Centurion University PC GSN Raju and Telakapalli Ravi undertook a signature collection campaign against the privatisation of the Visakhapatnam steel factory. Read Full Story

Telangana: 11 staff members at collectorate in Khammam tests corona positive

As many as eleven staff members working at the collectorate in Khammam tested positive for coronavirus. Read Full Story

Parts of Telangana to witness rainfall in next 2 days

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning in the eastern part of Telangana over the next two days. Read Full Story

CRPF jawan hailed from Sattenapalli dies in Maoists firing

Guntur: CRPF jawan Sakhamuri Murali Krishna 32 hails from Sattenapalli of Guntur district. Read Full Story

Chicken prices skyrocket in Hyderabad as supply chain dwindle

Hyderabad: Despite no festivals or marriages, chicken prices went skyrocketing in Hyderabad due to the decrease in supply chain and increase in demand. The increase in the prices related to the poultry transport and the bird feed also resulted in the sudden rise in the price. Read Full Story

COVID-19 cases reach record high in India

New Delhi: India recorded an all-time high of 1,03,558 coronavirus infections in a day pushing the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 1,25,89,067, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. Read Full Story

Corona update: 1097 fresh positive cases, 6 deaths in Telangana

Telangana coronavirus update: Telangana registered 1,097 fresh positive cases and six deaths until 8 pm on Sunday pushing the total tally to 3,13,237 and the death toll went up to 1,723. On the other hand, the recovery count touched 3,02,768 with 268 persons recovering from the virus in the last 24 hours. At present, there are 8,746 active cases out of which 4,458 are in home or institutional isolation. Read Full Story

Rising corona cases, unfeeling authorities

India records this year's biggest spike of over 93,000 Covid-19 cases. Weekend lockdown, night curfew has become imminent in Maharashtra. Pune district alone saw a spike of 10,827 Covid-19 cases and 66 deaths. Centre is rushing health teams to assist Punjab and Chhattisgarh States where the surge is high. Read Full Story

Maharashtra restrictions, including night curfew and weekend lockdown, from today

The Maharashtra government has announced a slew of new restrictions, including night curfews and weekend lockdowns, to control the spike in Covid-19 cases in the state. The curbs come into force at 8 pm on Monday.