Andhra Pradesh

AP govt to distribute ration, cash relief at doorsteps

10:56 pm March 25, 2020

Machilipatnam (AP): People in Andhra Pradesh will get free ration at their door steps on March 29 in view of the nationwide lockdown to check the spread of coronavirus, state Civil Supplies Minister Kodali Srivenkateswara Rao said on Wednesday. The ration card holders need not visit the public distribution system (PDS) shops for biometric verification […]

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Andhra Pradesh reports eighth positive case

12:16 am March 25, 2020

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh reported its eighth confirmed COVID-19 case on Tuesday with a 25-year-old man, who returned from London on March 19, testing positive for the virus. The man, who was admitted to a hospital in Tirupati, tested positive on Tuesday, the medical and health department said in a bulletin, It said 14,907 people who […]

Coronavirus: 32 states, UTs under complete lockdown

4:15 pm March 24, 2020

New Delhi: A total of 32 states and Union territories have declared complete lockdown so far covering 560 districts, in a bid to contain the coronavirus outbreak, an official said on Tuesday. Three other states and UTs have imposed lockdown in certain areas in their territories, covering 58 districts, and one union territory has imposed […]

COVID-19 death toll rises to 9; cases jump to 468

11:05 pm March 23, 2020

New Delhi: The death toll due to the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to nine on Monday after West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh reported a casualty each, while the number of confirmed cases soared to 468, the Union Health Ministry said. The number of active COVID-19 cases are 424 now and 35 people have been cured/discharged/migrated, […]

First coronavirus case reported in Andhra Pradesh

3:27 pm March 22, 2020

Machilipatnam (AP): A 24-year-old man tested positive for coronavirus in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday, officials said, in the first case reported in the state. The man flew from Paris to Delhi on March 15 and then to Hyderabad and Vijayawada on March 17, they said. He was admitted to a government hospital […]