10 fresh COVID-19 cases reported in T'gana

Hyderabad, May 8 () Doctors in Telangana, treatingCOVID-19 patients, have performed cesarean delivery for awoman and also successfully treated a 75-year old man andanother patient who undergoes dialysis, state Health MinisterE Rajender said on Friday.

Describing the delivery of the COVID-19 positivepregnant woman as a major achievement, he said both the womanand her new-born baby were safe.

The 75-year-old man, who was in a critical condition,was being discharged after he tested negative for COVID-19, hesaid.

Talking about the patient who undergoes dialysis, theminister said the man was also being discharged after recoverythough it was thought to be a very critical case.

He said 10 fresh cases of COVID-19 have been reportedin Telangana on Friday, taking the number of positive cases inthe state to 1,132.

No fresh death was reported and the number of peoplewho have succumbed to the virus continued to stand at 29.

Rajender said 34 people were discharged from hospitalson Friday.

The number of patients discharged from hospitalsstood at 727.

The number of people undergoing treatment as on datewas 376, he said.

Out of the 33 districts in the state, nine districtsare in green zone, he said.

The state government has urged the Centre to declareanother 14 districts as COVID-19-free districts as per theapplicable norms as no no new cases had been reported there,he said.

The state government has also requested that threedistricts, which have been in red zone, be put in the orangezone category as fresh cases had not been reported there also.

Observing that new cases are not being reported in therural parts of Ranga Reddy and Medchal districts (which are inred zone along with Hyderabad), he hoped that cases would comedown in the days to come if the same declining trendcontinued.

Ranga Reddy and Medchal districts are neighbouringdistricts of Hyderabad.

He expressed hope that about 80 per cent of the state(rural areas) would be able to resume all types of activitiesif the Centre accepted the request to declare 14 districts as'green' districts.

Stating that the Telangana government is following theCentre's guidelines, he said it a wrong argument to say thatthe state is not testing enough.

This was conveyed to the Centre, he added.

Rajender said the government would screen those whoare now returning to the country in flights and test those whoare symptomatic.

They would be advised home quarantine if they areasymptomatic, he said.

Those who are returning to the state from other statesin the country would be screened at the borders, he said.

They would be tested for COVID-19 if they havesymptoms.

The asymptomatic people would be quarantined at home,he said.

He also observed that virulence of the virus is lessin the country, if the number of deaths and others are takeninto consideration, compared to the fatalities in Europeancountries and America. SJR SS