Till now 70 Corona positive cases were reported in erstwhile Nizamabad district, among them 58 cases were registered in Nizamabad and 12 cases in Kamareddy district. In Nizamabad district till now 58 corona positive cases registered, among them 32 cases were Tablighi Jamaat returnees and 20 others affected were their family members. Thus out of total 58 positive cases, 52 cases were linked to the Jamat. The remaining six cases in other areas and one of them had returned from Dubai and tested positive.
In Kamareddy district, total 12 cases were reported, among them 11 positive cases were those who attended the Jamat in Delhi and their family members at Banswada and one positive cases was from Devunipally village, who had gone to Hyderabad for treatment before the lockdown was imposed.
Among the 70 positive cases reported in Nizamabad and Kamareddy, 16 persons were discharged in Nizamabad district and 3 persons are discharged in Kamareddy district taking the total discharged number to 19.
According to Nizamabad district collector, on Friday 32 samples were reported as negative and another 49 samples were tested negative in Nizamabad district on Saturday. Another batch of 105 samples were sent for testing and reports are awaited.
In erstwhile, Nizamabad district there were 24 containment clusters and announced them as no-movement zones, both Nizamabad and Kamareddy district administration are supervising them with the help of police and other departments and implementing lockdown strictly. Among them these 24 containment cluster 20 are there in Nizamabad district and 4 at Kamareddy, in Kamareddy three clusters at Banswada and one at Devunipally of Kamareddy town.