E.G. reports 22,000 circumstances, 47 deaths in a week
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East Godavari district has witnessed greater than 22,700 COVID-19 circumstances and 47 deaths over the previous week, with each 30 folks amongst 100 getting contaminated with the dreaded illness.
More than 29,000 sufferers are present process therapy throughout the district as Kakinada and Rajamahendravaram cities stay the hotspots for the unfold of the illness. In the 24 hours ending Sunday morning, the district recorded 2,876 new circumstances and 9 deaths.
According to the Health Department statistics, the very best variety of 3,432 circumstances had been reported on May 14. Over 10,000 circumstances had been recorded in three days from May 13.
Meanwhile, Joint Collector G. Lakshmisha mentioned a kilometre-long pipeline was being laid, connecting AP Paper Mill to the ESI hospital for the provision of 15 kilo litres of medical oxygen in Rajamahendravararam.
“We are slowly creating necessary infrastructure and increasing production capacity of medical oxygen in the district to minimise dependence on Visakhapatnam city and Odisha,” he mentioned.
The oxygen manufacturing unit being funded by Vedanta group will shortly start manufacturing, and is predicted to fulfill the demand of Rajamahendravaram.
Joint Collector G. Rajakumari mentioned that further 400 beds can be offered on the COVID Care Centre on the JNTU-Kakinada campus.
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