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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DRDO to set up oxygen plant in Anantapur
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This could be their first project in State: MP Talari Rangaiah
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Minister M. Sankaranarayana (centre), SP B. Satya Yesu Babu and District Collector Gandham Chandrudu addressing the media in Anantapur on Friday.
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This could be their first project in State: MP Talari Rangaiah
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is planning to set up an oxygen generation plant on the Government General Hospital premises in Anantapur soon.
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Anantapur MP Talari Rangaiah, who spoke to DRDO Chairman G. Satheesh Reddy over phone on Friday and got a confirmation on this project from him, told
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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