Telangana set for Covid explosion; cases double overnight

HYDERABAD: It appears that Covid-19 is all set to explode in Telangana with the state health department reporting a near doubling of new cases overnight. On Monday, Telangana recorded 482 new Covid-19 cases, a very steep climb from the 274 new cases reported on Sunday.

There has also been an unsettling overnight rise in Covid cases in Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, and Medchal-Malkajgiri districts, as per the data released by the health department on Monday. In its daily Covid-19 bulletin on Monday, the department said cases in Hyderabad rose to 294 from 212 on Sunday, in Ranga Reddy there were 55 fresh cases on Monday, up from 18 on Sunday, and in Medchal-Malkajgiri district, cases rose from 17 on Sunday to 48 on Monday.

An equally steep rise was witnessed in Mahabubabad district where 18 cases were reported on Monday, from just one on Sunday.

The health department, however, said there was no fresh Omicron variant infected case on Monday among anyone arriving from other countries into the city. It did not say if any of the other cases found in the state were caused by the Omicron variant.

It also said that one more person died of Covid in the state taking the fatalities tally in the state to 4,031. There was also an increase in the number of people listed as active Covid cases on Monday which stood at 4,048, compared to 3,779 on Sunday.