Anantapur records lowest positivity rate in 85 days
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The district reports 188 new cases, one death
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Anantapur Range DIG Kanti Rana Tata and SP B. Satya Yesu Babu overseeing the implementation of curfew.
The district reports 188 new cases, one death
Anantapur district on Sunday recorded the lowest COVID positivity rate in the second wave after 85 days with only 188 testing positive (2.51%) in the last 24 hours ending 10 a.m. on Saturday.
The previous low was recorded on April 2 this year at 0.95% when only 26 persons tested positive.
The positivity rate had touched 10.03% by April 14 when 294 cases registered.
The daily toll too came down in the district that registered one death during the period, taking the cumulative figure to 1,042.
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Hospital MDs held for overcharging patients
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Raids conducted in Anantapur and Kurnool
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Raids conducted in Anantapur and Kurnool
The COVID-19 Task Force comprising sleuths from the Vigilance and Enforcement Department, District Medical and Health Officer, and the Drug Control Administration on Wednesday arrested Ravibabu, the managing partner of S.V. Hospital in the city, for overcharging patients, treating more number of patients than permitted and misusing Remdesivir stocks.
Meanwhile, a flying squad in Kurnool found similar discrepancies in the treatment and collection of excess fees from patients at the Gayatri Hospital in the 4th Town Police Station limits on Tuesday night. Police took into custody the owner of the hospital Jeelani Basha on Wednesday.
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YSRCP workers ‘attack’ Jana Sena leader’s house at Regatipalli
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YSRCP workers ‘attack’ Jana Sena leader’s house at Regatipalli
Sporadic incidents of minor violence were witnessed during the ZPTC and MPTC elections in Anantapur district on Thursday as the voter turnout remained low at 58.07%. Polling was held for 62 ZPTC and 782 MPTC seats in the district and of the total 22,83,065 voters, only 13,25,748 people exercised their franchise.
The polling in the Kurnool district, however, remained peaceful, with a poll percentage of 60.28%. Elections were held for 36 ZPTC and 484 MPTC seats.
At Regatipalli village in Dharmavaram Assembly Constituency, some YSR Congress Party workers allegedly attacked Jana Sena Party’s State political committee member Chilakam Madhusudhan Reddy’s house in the afternoon and damaged the windshield of his car. Jana Sena Party Rayalaseema affairs in-charge Nadendla Manohar, in a statement, condemned the attack an