Hyderabad: The downward trend in new COVID-19 cases and deaths continued in Telangana on Wednesday while the number of active cases fell below 60,000.
The state reported 4,723 cases and 31 deaths on Wednesday during the 24-hour period that ended at 5:30 p.m. These figures for the previous day were 4,801 and 32 respectively.
The new cases raised the state’s cumulative score to 5,11,711 while the death toll rose to 2,834.
The death rate in the case stands at 0.55 percent versus the national average of 1.1 percent.
According to the daily media bulletin of the Department of Health, the state is still seeing more recovery than the new cases.
About 5,695 people recovered COVID-19 during the period, with the cumulative recovery to 4,49,744.
The recovery rate improved further to 87.89 percent compared to the national average of 83 percent.
The number of active cases, which reached 80,000 two weeks ago, has now dropped to 59,133.
The authorities conducted 69,525 tests during the period. With this, the number of tests performed so far has increased to 1,38,23,741. Samples tested per million inhabitants have now risen to 3,71,406.
For six consecutive days, the daily number of cases in Greater Hyderabad was below 1,000. The state capital reported 745 cases. The daily count also decreased in other districts.
Rangareddy and Medchal Malkajgiri, adjacent to Hyderabad, reported 312 and 305 cases respectively.
Karimnagar reported 219 new cases, followed by 205 in Khammam, 194 in Nagarkurnool, 194 in Warangal Urban, 181 in Nalgonda, 161 in Siddipet, 161 in Mancherial, 156 in Mahaboobnagar and 153 in Vikarabad.
Source: The Siasat Daily