Lockdown extended till 29 May in Telengana

May 6: Amid rising cases of COVID-19 cases in the state, the Telangana government on Tuesday extended the state-wide lockdown till May 29 with  Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao stating that the night curfew from 7 pm to 6 am will remain in the state. The country’s newest state has six districts in the red zone, 18 in orange and nine in the green zone. Three districts have higher rates of infection.

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said that the capital was continuing to report cases each day and that extending the lockdown was the only way to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.Till date, 1,096 Covid-19 positive cases have been reported in the state, of which 628 patients were discharged. On Tuesday, 11 new positive cases have been reported. There are 439 active cases in the state at the moment.