Andhra Pradesh saw daily positivity rate below 4% last week
The Hindu
27 more succumb to virus; 2,992 infections reported in 24 hours
The State reported 27 coronavirus deaths and 2,992 new infections in 24 hours ending on Thursday morning, taking the toll to 12,946 and cumulative tally to 19,14,213 The daily positivity rate of the 91,070 samples tested during the past day was put at 3.29%. The daily positivity rate of the samples tested during the past one week has remained less than 4% after about 13 weeks. During the past week, 6.14 lakh samples were tested and only 3.3% of them were confirmed positive. The overall positivity rate of the 2.26 crore samples tested so far was put at 8.43%.
In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












