HYDERABAD:
Telangana on Sunday recorded 146 new cases of Covid-19 and two deaths.
With this the total count of cases so far in the pandemic has reached 2,96,574 and the death toll is 1,616. The number of active cases in the state stood at 1,748 of which just 749 were under hospitalized treatment. Also, a total of 2,93,210 patients in the state have so far recovered from the
coronavirus infection.
The recovery rate stood at 98.86 percent as against the country average of 97.3 percent while the
case fatality rate (CFR) stood at 0.54 percent. The CFR is better than the country average of 1.4 percent.
Meanwhile, 26,274 samples were tested for the virus on Sunday, taking the count of tests conducted in the state to 82.9 lakh so far. With this Telangana has reached 2.22 lakh sample testing per million population.
The
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) recorded 29 new cases on Sunday. This was followed by 11 cases in Ranga Reddy, 9 cases in Ranga Reddy and Karimnagar, while most other districts recorded upto 9 new cases. Jangaon, Jogulamba Gadwal, Narayanpet and Wanaparthy districts did not record any new case on Sunday