Telangana records 2,400 new Covid cases

HYDERABAD: Telangana on Friday recorded 2,426 new cases of Covid-19 and 13 deaths, even as the total number of cases went up to 1.52 lakh. While the death toll rose to 940, altogether 1,19,467 patients have recovered from the coronavirus infection in the state, while 32,195 patients are under medication in hospitals and at home.
On Friday, the recovery rate in the state was 78.2 percent as compared to the national average of 77.63 percent. However, it is still behind the recovery rate of many states.
The case fatality rate which is a measure of the number of patients succumbing to the virus when compared to the total number of infected patients, dipped slightly in the state and stood at 0.61 percent, while the national average is 1.67 percent.