HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh government’s move to keep the number of coronavirus (covid-19) cases among migrants from the state’s total has raised eyebrows.
Since 14 May, the daily health bulletin by the state government has been separately mentioning the total numbers of covid-19 cases among migrants, leading to a fall in the state's total.
On Sunday, 25 new covid-19 cases were reported in Andhra, taking the state's total to 2,230. However, the bulletin mentioned 150 cases among the migrant workers which if added to the total makes it 2,380.
When contacted, a state government official said cases among migrants were being mentioned separately as they are crossing Andhra to reach their home states. “Many migrants who are crossing our state