Telangana adds 4,976 new cases of Covid-19

HYDERABAD: Telangana on Sunday recorded 4,976 new cases of Covid-19 and 35 deaths. With this, the total count of cases of far has risen 4,97,361 while the death toll now stands at 2,739. A total of 7,646 patients were declared recovered on Sunday. So far, 4,28,865 patients in the state have so far recovered from the coronavirus infection. The number of active cases stood at 65,757 in the state as on Sunday.
The case fatality rate (CFR) meanwhile increased to 0.55 per cent on Sunday, while the recovery rate in the state currently stands at 86.22 per cent. This is against the national average CFR of 1.1 per cent and recovery rate of 82.1 percent. On Sunday, 55,358 samples were tested in the state. Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) added 851new cases, slightly less than the 904 cases recorded on Saturday. Neighbouring Medchal-Malkajgiri recorded 384 cases, Rangareddy recorded 417 and Sangareddy recorded 178 cases.
Outside of Hyderabad city and its outskirts, Siddipet recorded the highest new cases with 304, followed by Karimnagar with 271 and Mahabubnagar with 208 new cases.