Telangana records 453 new Covid-19 cases, 2 deaths

HYDERABAD: Telangana recorded 453 new Covid-19 cases and two deaths on Thursday even as the number of active cases in the state stood at 8,137.
The total count of cases since the beginning of the pandemic last year stands at 6,51,288 and the death toll stands at 3,836.
The number of active containment zones in the state stood at 26.
Jagtiyal, Karimnagar and Nalgonda have majority of the active containment zones in the state.
A total of 591 patients were declared recovered on Thursday, taking the total count of recovered patients to 6,39,456.
The case fatality rate (CFR) stands at 0.58 per cent while the recovery rate stood at 98.18 per cent now.
So far 79.9 per cent of overall cases in the state have been asymptomatic while 20.1 percent have been symptomatic.
On Thursday, 89,674 samples were tested for the novel coronavirus.
Telangana has now completed testing 2.31 crore samples and has reached 6.22 lakh sample testing per million population.
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation recorded 69 cases on Thursday, while neighbouring Medchal Malkajgiri recorded 25 cases, Ranga Reddy recorded 22 and Sanga Reddy recorded four cases.
Outside of Hyderabad city and its outskirts, Karimnagar recorded the highest number of cases with 55 new cases being recorded on Sunday while Jangaon, Peddapalli, Yadadri Bhongir, Warangal Urban and Khammam saw more cases.