
Surge in virus cases in Agency areas
The Hindu
COVID-19 has claimed the life of an Agency mandal MPDO
The rising tide of COVID-19 cases continue to wreak havoc in the tribal hinterland of the district with the pandemic claiming the lives of a Mandal Parishad Development Officer (MPDO), a teacher and a father-son duo since Sunday night. Gundala MPDO G. Venkata Rao succumbed to COVID-19 while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Khammam on Sunday night. Two more COVID-19 deaths were reported, one each from Turubaka and Muthapuram Mukthi Gumpu villages in the Agency mandal of Gundala on Sunday. The mandal is grappling with steady surge in COVID-19 cases in the midst of the second wave of the pandemic.More Related News

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