Telangana records 405 new Covid cases, 3 deaths

HYDERABAD: Telangana recorded 405 new Covid-19 cases and three deaths on Monday, as the number of active cases in the state stood at 7,093.
The total count of cases since the beginning of the pandemic last year stands at 6,52,785 and the death toll stands at 3,845.
The number of active containment zones in the state stood at 20. Jagtiyal, Karimnagar and Nalgonda have majority of the active containment zones in the state.
A total of 577 patients were declared recovered on Monday, taking the total count of recovered patients to 6,41,847.
The case fatality rate (CFR) stands at 0.58% while the recovery rate stands at 98.32%.
So far, 79.8% of overall cases in the state have been asymptomatic while 20.2% have been symptomatic.
On Monday, 84,262 samples were tested.
Telangana has now completed testing 2.34 crore samples and has reached 6.30 lakh sample testing per million population.