Chittoor district recorded 40 new COVID-19 positive cases on Wednesday, taking the total to 1,042, which included six deaths. Of the fresh cases, four were from Madanapalle town, and six from the surroundings mandals. The medical, revenue and police officials inspected residential areas in Madanapalle town, and created red zones. The COVID-19 Task Force officials expressed concern at the growing number of positive cases in Nagari Assembly Constituency, which borders with Tamil Nadu along Nindra, Vijayapuram, Nagari and Puttur mandals. The positive cases in Gate Puttur locality under Puttur municipality limits are steadily on the raise, forcing the officials to implement complete lockdown.

Source: The Hindu June 24, 2020 18:01 UTC