Telangana reports 2,900 new Covid cases, 10 deaths

HYDERABAD: Telangana on Saturday recorded 2,942 new cases of Covid-19, taking the caseload in the state to 1,23,090, even as 10 more deaths were recorded over the last 24 hours.
While the total number of deaths so far in the state stands at 818, the number of active cases rose further to 31,284 on Saturday.
So far, 90,988 patients have recovered from the novel coronavirus. With 61,148 samples tested in the state on Saturday, the total number of tests done until now have crossed 13,27,000 now.
As the testing has been ramped up substantially over the last 15-20 days, the samples tested per million population has now reached 35,763. The case fatality rate in the state has fallen further, much below 1%, while the recovery rate now stands at 74%.
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) recorded 461 cases on Saturday, while adjoining Rangareddy recorded 213 new cases, while seven other districts recorded between 100 and 185 cases.
These include Khammam (181 cases), Karimnagar (172 cases), Nalgonda (171 cases), Medchal-Malkajgiri (153 cases), Nizamabad (140 cases), Suryapet (118 cases) and Warangal Urban (102 cases).