Hyderabad: Telangana continued to witness a rise in COVID-19 cases with 41 fresh cases being reported on Wednesday, besides two deaths as those returning to the state added to the numbers.
Out of the 41 fresh cases, 31 are from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), while 10 others are people who returned to the state, a COVID-19 bulletin issued by the state government on Wednesday night said.
State Health Minister E Rajender quoted Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao as having directed that more precautions should be taken as people were arriving in the state after the Centre permitted relaxations in the lockdown measures.
Rajender said initially the virus spread in the state was from foreign returnees followed by those who attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi.
Now, the virus can spread through people who are returning to the state. Those returning by flights are being quarantined in hotels, according to an official release.
He said people arriving by trains or motor vehicles were being tested and sent home for self-quarantine after being stamped.
In villages, the Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) are identifying those who arrived in recent days and monitoring their health during home quarantine, it said.