Number of confirmed coronavirus cases jumps to 13 from 7 in Telangana

According to the officials of the govt medical department, all the 13 cases detected so far have been those who came from different countries

Telangana government has pressed the emergency buttons by arranging to send 100 teams to Karimnagar after a group of 8 Indonesians, who travelled to this north Telangana district, tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday.

After tracing the the group's movement and interacting with locals in the district, government agencies pressed these medical teams to do a door-to-door screening for a possible contagion from these coronavirus patients.

The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the state jumped to 13 from 7 after the entire group of Indonesian travelers was found to be infected with coronavirus. One member of the group tested