Covid-19: 25,000 jump in testing as Telangana sees 2,500 new cases and 18 deaths

HYDERABAD: Telangana recorded 2,524 new cases of Covid-19 and 18 deaths with the state having 34,084 active cases as on Monday, continuing a declining trend. The total number of Covid-19 cases in the state now stands at 5,78,351 while the death toll stands at 3,281. As many as 3,464 patients were declared recovered on Monday, taking the total number of recoveries in the state to 5,40,986.
Telangana’s case fatality rate, however, has remained steady at 0.56 per cent while the recovery rate improved to 93.5%, having dropped to around 82 per cent a month back. The number of active containment zones across the state stood at 97 of which 13 are within Hyderabad.
Following the state health department’s directive to PHCs, increasing their testing targets, as many as 87,110 samples were tested across the state. Telangana has completed testing 1.51 crore samples so far, achieving a testing rate over 4 lakh tests per million population.
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) recorded 307 new cases on Monday as neighbouring districts Rangareddy, Medchal-Malkajgiri, and Sangareddy recorded 142, 114, and 22 new cases of Covid-19 respectively.
Apart from Hyderabad and its neighbouring districts, Nalgonda, Khammam, Karimnagar, Suryapet, Bhadadri-Kothagudem, Mahabubnagar, Peddapalli and Siddipet recorded a high number of cases.