On the second day of the school reopening in Andhra Pradesh for class 9 and 10 students, eight students tested positive for the Novel Coronavirus or COVID-19.
According to the Andhra Pradesh Health Department, as many as eight school students in East Edavalli of Kamavarapukota mandal in West Godavari district, were diagnosed with the deadly infectioins.
Authorities said they were treating the students by placing them in home isolation while the parents are worried about this at once. Children who have been confined to their homes for a long time are worried about contacting with dreadful virus. On the other hand, the authorities had asserted that the schools are being run in compliance with the covid rules.
Meanwhile, in the health bulletin released by the state Department of Health on Tuesday, as many as 2849 new Coronavirus cases reported as on Tuesday morning taking the total tally to 8,30,371 cases. Meanwhile the death rate also which is slashing down has registered 15 deaths with three each in Guntur and Anantapur, two each in Chittoor and Krishna, one each in East Godavar, Nellore, Prakasam, Srikakulam and West Godavari.
On the other hand, the recovery rate also increased hugely taking the discharged cases to 8,02,535 including 3700 new recoveries while the active cases stands at 21,672 till Tuesday morning. The state has so far conducted 81,82, 266 tests including 64,581 in the last 24 hours.
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