HYDERABAD: Telangana on Monday recorded 157 new cases of Covid-19 and one death. The state has so far recorded 3.01 lakh cases since the onset of the pandemic while 1,654 deaths have been recorded. The number of active cases in the state rose to 1,983 on Monday. So far, 2.97lakh patients have recovered from the coronavirus infection.
The case fatality rate (CFR) is currently 0.54% while the recovery rate is 98.79%, which has slightly reduced from last week when it was 98.89%. Telangana continues to fare better on these two aspects when compared to most other parts of the country.
With 38,517 samples being tested on Monday, Telangana has now completed testing 92.4 lakh samples. The state has now reached 2.48 lakh sample testing per million population. About 92% of the samples tested so far have been tested in government facilities and 66% of the people tested on Monday had a contact history with
Covid positive patients. The remaining were new suspected cases.
On Monday, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) recorded 25 new cases while neighbouring Medchal-Malkajgiri recorded 12 and Ranga Reddy recorded 11 new cases. Except Jogulamba Gadwal, Narayanpet and Nagarkurnool all other districts in the state recorded new cases on Monday.