Hyderabad: Telangana newly scored 3,982 Covid cases and 27 deaths during the 24-hour period ending Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.
The new cases increased the state’s cumulative number to 5,36,766.
The death toll in the case stands at 0.56 percent, but is still lower than the national average of 1.1 percent.
According to the daily bulletin issued by the Department of Health, the state still sees more recovery than new Covid incidents.
During the 24-hour period, 5,186 people recovered from the virus, and the cumulative number of recoveries increased to 4,85,644.
The recovery rate, which dropped from nearly 99 percent to 80 percent in March earlier this month, has now improved to 90.47 percent. This is higher than the national average of 85.6 percent.
The number of active cases fell further to 48 110.
Authorities conducted 71,616 tests during the 24-hour period. With this, the state has so far tested 1 41 95 932 samples. Samples tested per million inhabitants stand at 3,81,406.
The daily score in Greater Hyderabad dropped to 607 on Tuesday. No other district in the state reported more than 300 cases. Rangareddy and Medchal Malkajgiri, adjacent to Hyderabad, added 262 and 225 new cases respectively.
Sixteen out of 33 districts saw new letters in double digits. The Khammam district reported 247 cases, followed by 188 in Karimnagar, 142 in Warangal Urban, 139 in Nalgonda, 133 in Suryapet, 133 in Peddapalli, 130 in Vikarabad and 129 in Mahaboobnagar.
Source: The Siasat Daily