In a big surge in Covid-19 cases, Telangana on Tuesday reported over 10,000 cases and 52 deaths during the 24-hour period.
Former Telangana minister and PCC chief M Satyanarayana Rao, popularly known as MSR, died of COVID-19 at 3.45 am on Tuesday at NIMS hospital in Hyderabad. He was 87.
Hitting a new high, Telangana reported 38 deaths and 8,126 new cases during the 24-hour period.
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday announced free Covid vaccination for all the eligible beneficiaries in the state.
Empty oxygen tankers from Telangana were airlifted to Odisha on Friday to bring back oxygen faster to the state.
Gandhi Hospital, Telangana's largest government-run hospital and a total Covid facility, has no ventilator bed left, state Health Minister E. Rajender said on Thursday.
Telangana Minister K Taraka Rama Rao, popularly known as KTR had slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on having two prices for the Covid vaccine in the country.
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao's daughter and a state legislator K. Kavitha has opened a helpline to provide assistance to the Covid-19 infected people during the ongoing second wave of the pandemic.
In the biggest daily spike, Telangana reported 6,542 new Covid-19 cases during 24-hour period.
Roads in Hyderabad and the rest of Telangana wore deserted look on Tuesday night as the night curfew came into force to contain the spread of Covid-19 pandemic.
The Government of Telangana has released a G.O stating that various measures to control Covid-19 in the state have been reviewed.
The Telangana High Court on Monday directed the state government to take a decision within 48 hours on imposing night curfew or weekend lockdown to check the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Covid-19 vaccine shortage has forced Telangana to stop the vaccination process while state Health Minister E. Rajender on Sunday appealed to the Centre to address the issue immediately.
Municipal authorities in Hyderabad on Sunday took up intensive sanitisation drive and sprayed sodium hypochlorite at several places in the city in view of the massive surge in Covid-19 cases.
Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy's daughter Sharmila, who undertook a 72-hour hunger strike in solidarity with the unemployed youths of Telangana, ended her fast on Sunday.