Hyderabad: The first corona virus-positive case was reported from the Siddipet district of the State on Wednesday. The district collector Venkatram Reddy has said that a 51-year-old person from Gajwel tested positive to the virus. He said that the victim had returned from New Delhi after attending a religious prayer meeting in the national capital. The victim was rushed to the isolation center at Siddipet two days back after he exhibited coronavirus symptoms. The authorities of the district are now planning to send him to Gandhi hospital in Hyderabad.
According to the preliminary information available with the authorities, six people from the district have attended the meeting and returned from New Delhi. All six people have been kept under quarantine. Of this, two developed coronavirus symptoms prompting the officials to perform the tests on them. The resulting of the other patient is awaited now.
