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Telangana govt extends Coronavirus lockdown till May 29
Hyderabad/IBNS: The Telangana government has extended the lockdown to combat the spread of Coronavirus till May 29, 10 days after it is scheduled to end nationwide.
"People want lockdown extended," Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao announced after holding a 7-hour-long cabinet meeting on Tuesday evening.
"I informed the Prime Minister about our decision," the Chief Minister said.
However, the state government will review matters of relaxations after May 15.
Telangana so far has 1,096 cases of coronavirus. Out of this, 439 people are under treatment and 628 have been discharged.
Overall, India presently has 46,476 COVID-19 positive cases including 1571 deaths.
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