Warangal Urban district collector Rajeev Gandhi Hanumanthu and Warangal police commissioner Tarun Joshi visited several localities under the GWMC limits and directed the police personnel to strictly adhere to the SOPs while enforcing the lockdown.
The state clocked a 50 per cent positivity rate on Thursday when out of 5,910 samples tested for coronavirus, 3,019 returned positive, health department data showed.
The District Collector informed that 1,500 people are in hospital and 6,300 are in home isolation and on Tuesday around 1000 samples tested positive out of 6500 samples.
The government decided to impose a 14-day lockdown following the recommendation of the Technical Advisory Committee on COVID-19 to contain the spread of the virus.
Though the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) buses operated service, the number of passengers was very less in majority of districts due to virus scare.