The Kurnool district has registered 961 cases in a single day. In addition to 961 cases, the district has more than 3,000 active cases and reported 854 deaths so far.
Amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases, the Kurnool Administration took reventive measures on a war footing to tackle the deadly virus. District Collector Mr. P. Koteshwara Rao has instructed the officials concerned to set up 14 COVID-19 care centres and also appointed 14 nodal officers.
The collector, addressing a meeting here on Friday, said that 14 COVID-19 care centres have been sanctioned with 3,600 beds to the COVID-19 infected patients. Deputy Director of Social Welfare Office S Pratap Suryanarayana has been appointed as nodal officer to all Covid care centres. He said the government would provide all assistance to overcome the corona cases. All steps are being taken to facilitate food, drinking water, beds and others at the CCCs. A COVID-19 care centre with 1,000 beds capacity is being arranged at Kurnool Tidco centre.
Venkata Lakshmamma, district BC welfare officer, has been appointed as nodal officer. For information, he appealed to people to contact 8341779818. Similarly, a 50 bed CCC was set up at Nandikotkur CLRC building. Fisheries department Joint Director Shyamala was appointed as nodal officer (9440814742). M Chintamani, district social welfare officer would look after Orvakal 50 bed centre (8328273834). Sabeeha Parveen, Executive Director of Minorities Corporation has been appointed as nodal officer to Guntur center (9849901149.)
Notably, Andhra Pradesh has been witnessing a rise in the Wuhan virus cases. To tackle the situation, every district is conducting surveys and measures to control the surge of COVID-19 cases.
Stay tuned for further updates.
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