Apr 17, 2021, 11:11 IST
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy held a high-level meeting to take stock of the COVID situation in the state.
The Chief Minister said imposing lockdown has worsened the financial situation, and people suffered a lot, and Covid should be controlled without imposing lockdown this time. He directed the officials to focus on controlling COVID 19 through focused testing. Testing the primary contacts of those who have tested positive for Covid is called focused testing. He said to prepare PHCs, Sub Centers to collect samples for testing. He said the composition of ‘positivity cases’ was 62 percent in urban areas and 38 percent in rural areas. However, the mortality rate is higher in rural areas. Deaths in positive cases are higher in rural areas as they are going to the hospitals too late.