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Telangana lockdown extension news 2021 LIVE updates: Telangana Cabinet met on May 30 to discuss several issues, including the extension of the ongoing lockdown to contain the spread of COVD-19, according to a report by news agency PTI. Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has decided to hold the State Cabinet meeting on May 30 (Sunday) at 2 PM," an official press release had said on Wednesday.

- Telangana lockdown extension news 2021 LIVE updates: Telangana government extends the lockdown for 10 more days in the State. The daily relaxation period extended from 6 am to 1pm. Detailed guidelines to be issued soon, as per news agency ANI

Telangana lockdown extension news 2021 LIVE updates: EXTENDED by 10 days, as per media reports. 

-Reportedly, KCR-led Telangana government may extend the lockdown by another week or 10 days.

-Certain relaxations may be provided in the restriction timings to some service sectors. 

In the meeting, the Cabinet would discuss about agriculture - crops in the State, the ongoing paddy procurement process, availability of seeds and fertilisers, curbing the supply of spurious seeds - coronavirus, lockdown and other subjects, the release said.

The State has been under lockdown since May 12 and would go on upto May 30.

It has been witnessing a steady drop in COVID-19 cases for the past few days.

Meanwhile, continuing to witness a decline in daily fresh infections, Telangana on Wednesday clocked 3,762 new COVID-19 cases taking the tally to over 5.63 lakh, while the toll stood at 3,189 with 20 more deaths. The total number of cumulative cases in the state stood at5,63,903 and with3,816being cured, the total recoveries were at5,22,082.

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the most number of cases with 528, followed by Rangareddy (229) and Nalgonda (218), a government bulletin said.

The state has38,632 active cases and over 91 thousand samples were tested. Telangana Public Health Director G Srinivasa Raotold a press conference that a downward trend is being witnessed in the daily cases and by next month the situation will ease.

"There is a chance that Telangana will come out of the second wave and in the next one week to ten days the situation will ease," the official said. Cumulatively, over 1.49 crore samples have been tested.
The samples tested per million population was over 3.96 lakh, the bulletin said. The case fatality rate and recovery rates in the state were 0.56 per cent and 92.58 per cent respectively.