Spike in COVID-19 cases continues on ninth day
The Hindu
The surge in COVID-19 cases continued in Telangana on the ninth day. On Wednesday, 278 cases were detected and three patients died. The gradual spike in cases is observed from March 9 when 189 people tested positive.
While over 60,000 tests were conducted on March 15 and 16, only 40,181 were checked on Wednesday. Results of 542 were awaited. Apart from Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), high number of cases continue to be recorded in other districts. Until March of this year, cases were concentrated in the city limits and only a few were detected in rural districts. It changed this year. Cluster of cases have been detected in rural districts.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.