Telangana sees 3-month high in COVID-19 cases; officials sound alert

Hyderabad: For the first time in three months, fresh cases of COVID-19 in Telangana crossed the 300-mark on Thursday, with the health department reporting 313 positives and two deaths.
The last time over 300 cases were reported was on January 12, with 331 COVID-19 positives.
During the last 24 hours, two patients died of COVID-19 pushing the overall death toll to 1,664. Currently, there are 2,434 active cases in the state, the state health department bulletin said on Friday.
COVID-19 clusters in schools In Telangana, clusters of cases have been reported in educational institutions from the past few days. While as many as 36 students of Telangana Minorities Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TMWREIS) in Bandlaguda, tested positive for COVID-19, a total of 43 positives were found in Zilla Parishad Secondary School (Girls), Mancherial.
Also Read Telangana: Schools emerging as COVID-19 clusters is matter of worry “Whether to continue accommodating them or what to do, in another two-three days, I will also give a statement in the Assembly if possible. We cannot let our children suffer. So, we have to follow some policy,” chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said in the assembly on Wednesday.
After a gap of ten months since the lockdown in the state, physical classes reopened in schools and colleges for the students of class 9 and above from February 1 and class 6,7,8 from February 24.