Chittoor sees 5 deaths, 1,885 cases in a day

Chittoor district on Friday recorded 5 coronavirus deaths and a whopping single-day COVID-19 an infection tally of 1,885, the very best among the many districts post-lockdown. With the brand new cases, the energetic cases shot as much as 1,1356.

The District Police are gearing as much as clamp evening curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. from Saturday. The police officers at Satyavedu, Nagari, Karveti Nagaram, Chittoor, Palamaner and Kuppam circles, which share borders with Tamil Nadu, and the circles of Madanapalle and Punganur bordering Karnataka have intensified surveillance on public transport on the inter-State routes.

(*5*) of Police S. Senthil Kumar stated that a high precedence could be given to make the individuals travelling in public transport system put on masks, failing which high-quality could be imposed.

Random inspection

The SP appealed to the senior residents and people with co-morbid situations to keep away from journey until it was an emergency.

“Random inspections will be done at public places to check the adherence to the COVID protocols which will be enforced strictly at shopping malls, supermarkets and cinema halls to prevent congestion and violation of social distancing norms,” Mr. Senthil Kumar stated.

Meanwhile, the COVID Task Force officers who visited public locations deplored that regardless of consciousness being created on sporting masks, the COVID norms corresponding to social distancing had been being grossly violated at weekly shandies in the agricultural and semi-urban areas.