Covid-19: Telangana records 3,300 new cases and 21 deaths

HYDERABAD: Telangana on Saturday recorded 3,308 new Covid-19 cases and 21 deaths and saw a further reduction in the number of active cases to 42,959 from over 80,000 at the beginning of the month. With this, the total count of cases now stands at 5,51,035 while the death toll stands at 3,106.
A total of 4,723 patients were declared recovered on Saturday, taking the total count of recovered patients to 5,04,970. The case fatality rate (CFR) stands at 0.56%, t increasing from 0.50% at the beginning of the month. The recovery rate, meanwhile, has improved to 91.64% after having touched 82 percent over a fortnight back.
On Saturday, 63,120 samples were tested for the novel coronavirus. Telangana has now completed testing 1.44 crore samples and has reached 3.88 lakh sample testing per million population.
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) recorded 513 new cases on Saturday while neighbouring Medchal-Malkajgiri registered 203 cases, Ranga Reddy 226 and Sanga Reddy 120 cases. Outside of Hyderabad city and its outskirts, Khammam and Karimnagar witnessed the highest number of cases with 228 and 161 new cases respectively. This was followed by Nagarkurnool, Siddipet, Suryapet and Vikarabad districts.