Coronavirus Updates: Hyderabad, Telangana Lockdown, Andhra Pradesh News Today 8 June 2021

At 86,000 new Covid cases, India's daily count dips 1st time below 1 lakh after 2 months

New Delhi: India on Tuesday logged 86,498 new Covid infections in 24 hours, less than one lakh cases for the first time in the past 66 days, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry said. Read Full Story

Telangana Cabinet to convene today

Telangana Cabinet will convene Tuesday afternoon to discuss the incidence of coronavirus infections in the state. The Cabinet is scheduled to review the Medical and Health Department's response and preparedness to tackle a third wave, ongoing agriculture operations, and the impact of lockdown on state's economy, etc.

Telangana's TPR at 1.46 percent

Telangana reported 1,933 new Covid-19 infections and 3,527 recoveries from the disease on Monday apart from 16 deaths due to the disease.

The cumulative caseload of patients stand at 5,93,103. Of them, 25,406 are active and undergoing treatment or isolated at their homes.

The recovery rate now has climbed to 95.14 percent. Greater Hyderabad reported 165 new cases on Monday. The state capital is followed by Khammam and Nalgonda districts which reported 160 and 148 new cases, respectively. Rangareddy district reported 116 new cases. All other 29 districts reported new cases less than 100.

As many as 1,32,996 samples were tested on Monday. Results of 1,356 were awaited when 1,933 tested positive. The Test Positivity Rate for the day was 1.46 percent.

Fuel prices in Hyderabad today

After rising for two successive days and hitting new record highs on Monday, petrol and diesel prices were steady across the country on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. The auto fuel prices had touched record highs on June 7, when petrol rose by 28 paise per litre while diesel inched up 27 paise in the national capital.

In Hyderabad, petrol costs Rs. 99.06 per litre while diesel costs Rs. 93.99 per litre.

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Andhra Pradesh: Nellore GGH superintendent suspended over sexual harassment allegations

It is known that audio tapes of sexual harassment were leaked in Nellore GGH. Two committees set up by the government submitted reports on this. Based on this, GGH Superintendent Prabhakar was suspended. The government has issued orders to this effect. Read Full Story

YS Jagan writes to PM Modi, seeks funds for infrastructure development under PMAY

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has said that the PMAY scheme for the poor will contribute to sustainable development. CM YS Jagan wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the housing for all scheme. Read Full Story