Covid-19: Death toll in Vizianagaram district doubles within 8 days

VISAKHAPATNAM: Vizianagaram district, which remained free of Covid-19 till May 6, has been reporting hundreds of Covid-19 cases over the last few days. The Covid-19 death toll has nearly doubled in the district within eight days.
Vizianagaram reported its first Covid-19 death on June 27. On July 25, the death toll went up to 33. By August 3, the death toll in the district rose to 65.The number of cases in the district has gone up to 5,637.
Officials of the medical and health department said of the over 5,000 Covid-19 cases in the district, more than 2,000 cases have been reported within Vizianagaram Municipal Corporation while Parvathipuram municipality region has reported over 500 cases.
Salur region has reported 500 cases while Bobbilli has reported 200. Officials said that most of the Covid-19 patients are middle-aged.
Vizianagaram district collector M Hari Jawaharlal said that considering the increasing number of cases in the district, the administration has decided to extend the lockdown in Vizianagaram town and other parts of the district to August 15.
The district administration has decided to conduct at least 3,000 tests a day in order to identify patients early and provide treatment and bring down the mortality rate.