Telangana lifts COVID-induced lockdown; all restrictions removed

The Telangana cabinet on Saturday decided to lift lockdown completely, reports ANI. All branches in Telangana have been ordered by the state government “to lift all types of regulations imposed during the lockdown in full extent.”

The Chief Minister’s office in a post on Facebook said, “The state cabinet has decided to lift the lockdown completely. The decision has been taken to lift the lockdown by examining the reports given by medical authorities that the number of corona cases, positivity percentage has decreased significantly, corona have come into full control,” the Chief Minister’s Office posted on Facebook.

The coronavirus cases and positivity rate in the state have dropped significantly. Telangana on Friday reported 1,417 new cases of coronavirus, and 12 deaths from the COVID-19 disease. The tally of COVID-19 cases in the state now stands at 610,834 and there are over 19,000 active cases of coronavirus in Telangana.