COVID-19 Positive Suryapet Woman Infects 31 Others

HYDERABAD: Amid strict lockdown, a woman's pass time to play an indoor game visiting several households has infected 31 people of the highly infectious novel coronavirus in the district.
The woman from Suryapet went to play 'ashta chamma' (an ancient game like ludo) at several houses had infected 31 more, thereby creating a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases, a leading daily reported.
Chief secretary Somesh Kumar led a high-level team during their visit on Wednesday came to know that she had a Markaz event contact. She was tested positive for COVID-19 and later 31 others contracted the virus from her.
With this, the number of cases in the district rose to 83, with three more cases reported on Wednesday, next to Hyderabad.
After the incident, five district-level authorities were suspended because of the failure of surveillance teams to conduct door-to-door surveys after the first case was detected.
District medical and health officer Niranjan has been replaced, while DSP of Suryapet M Nageshwar Rao and circle inspector Shiv Shankar have also been transferred, the daily reported.
The number of reported coronavirus cases in Telangana rose to 943 on Wednesday. The death toll has risen to 24. With 15 people testing positive for the virus, the number of active cases mounted to 725.
Meanwhile, the Telangana government has raised the quarantine period from 14 to 28 days.

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