Hyderabad: The daily score of Covid cases in Telangana continued to increase with health authorities recording 3, 840 new cases and nine deaths on Thursday. For the second consecutive day, the total number Covid cases in Telangana exceeded the 3000 point, which occurred for the first time during the ongoing second wave of the pandemic. For the first time during the pandemic, 14 districts in Telangana recorded more than 100 cases in one day.
The number of active cases in the state increased by 30, 494, of which 10, 279 patients are treated in hospitals, while 20, 215 positive patients are in the home or in institutional isolation.
The cumulative number of positive cases now reached 3, 41, 885 and the total number of deaths up to 1797. Between Wednesday and Thursday, health authorities did 1, 21, 880. Covid rapid antigen tests while awaiting the results of another 5095 samples.
The rise of Covid affairs continued throughout the state. Areas under GHMC hit the worst with 505 new cases, while adjacent districts Medchal Malkajgiri and Rangareddy recorded 407 and 302 cases, respectively.
The Nizamabad district, which borders Maharashtra and is also the worst affected, recorded 303 new infections, while Jagtiyal reported 167 cases followed by 175 in Sangareddy, 159 in Nirmal, 144 in Kamareddy, 116 in Nalgonda, 111 in Khammam, 124 in Karimnagar, 101 in Mancherial, 124 in Mahabubnagar and 114 new Covid cases in Warangal Urban.
On Wednesday, 1198 people recovered, taking the total recovery in the State to 3,09,594, with a recovery rate of 90.55 percent, while the nationwide recovery rate was 87.8 percent. So far a total of 1, 14, 81, 881 Covid-19 tests were done in the State, of which 3, 41, 885 tested positive and 3, 09, 594 persons recovered.
The Covid-19 positive cases reported from the districts have 85 from Adilabad, 54 from Bhadradri, 505 from areas under GHMC, 167 from Jagtiyal, 48 Jangaon, 16 from Bhupalpally, 26 from Gadwal, 144 from Kamareddy, 124 from Karimnagar, 111 from Khammam , 23 of Asifabad, 124 of Mahabubnagar, 24 of Mahabubabad, 101 of Mancherial, 64 of Medak, 407 of Medchal Malkajgiri, 14 of Mulugu, 60 of Nagarkurnool, 116 of Nalgonda, 18 of Narayanpet, 159 of Nirmal, 303 of Nizamabad, 66 of Peddapalli, 88 of Siricilla, 302 of Rangareddy, 175 of Sangareddy, 86 of Siddipet, 57 of Suryapet, 69 of Vikarabad, 75 of Wanaparthy, 45 of Warangal Rural, 114 of Warangal Urban and 70 of Bhongir.
Source: Telangana Today