Three more patients have died of coronavirus in Prakasam district, taking the toll to 45, a health bulletin released by the government said here on Thursday. However, Nellore district has not reported any death during the the last 24 hours. The Nellore district, however, reported 122 positive cases while the same for Prakasam has been put at 140. With the new cases, the tally of Nellore and Prakasam districts have gone up to 3,119 and 2,946 respectively, the health officials said. Colleges made COVID centresThe district administration has converted the IIIT, Rise College, Pace College, Malleneni Engineering College, SSN Engineering College and Chirala Engineering College into COVID Care Centres with the designated COVID-19 hospitals overflowing with patients.

Source: The Hindu July 23, 2020 18:00 UTC