Amid Covid rise, KCR to hold state cabinet meeting on Monday

Around 2,000 COVID-19 cases have been recorded daily in the state, a decision on night curfew or imposing curbs may be taken.

Hyderabad: The chief minister of Telangana K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) has convened a Cabinet meeting at Pragathi Bhavan on Monday at 2 pm.

The meeting holds relevance amid the surge of COVID-19 Omicron cases across the state and in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) too.

Telangana government on Sunday extended vacations for all educational institutions till January 30, 2022.

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“It has been decided to extend the vacation of all educational institutions in Telangana till January 30, 2022,” the office of Telangana Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar tweeted.

Around 2,000 COVID-19 cases have been recorded daily in the state, a decision on night curfew or imposing curbs may be taken. The officials will submit a detailed report on the present Covid situation across the state.

Cabinet ministers, state chief secretaries and all the top health officials are expected to take part in the meeting.

Telangana on Saturday reported 1,963 new COVID-19 cases taking the cumulative tally to 7,07,162. There are 22017 active cases. The cumulative recoveries registered in Telangana is at 6,81,091 and the death toll is 4,054. The recovery rate in the state is at 96.31 per cent and the case fatality rate is 0.57 per cent.

(With inputs from ANI)

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