Citing the massive surge in the Omicron and delta variant cases, the government of Andhra Pradesh has imposed a night curfew from 10 PM to 5 AM. The night curfew will commence from tomorrow i.e., January 8. As per the new rules, all public places including theatres, restaurants, government offices and bars will run with 50 per cent capacity.
Andhra Pradesh reported 547 new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday with a positivity rate of 1.64 per cent. And this is the highest in over two months there. With these new cases, the total tally goes to 20,78,923. The highest number of Covid cases are recorded in the Chittoor district with 96. It is followed by Visakhapatnam(89), Krishna (66), Guntur (49), West Godavari (43), East Godavari (43), Nellore (42) and Anantapur (36).
Kurnool(6) district reported the lowest number of cases on Thursday. Meanwhile, in Karnataka also, the night curfew has been extended and restrictions have been imposed across the state. And in Telangana, more than 1500 new cases are being recorded daily with 1000 from Hyderabad alone.
Also, in Tamil Nadu, Health Minister Ma Subramanian on Wednesday announced that a total lockdown will be imposed in the state amid rising infection rates due to the Omicron variant of Covid-19.
This post was last modified on 7 January 2022 7:41 pm
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