Hyderabad: Coronavirus infections outnumbered recoveries in Telangana on Saturday, registering 161 new positive cases, raising the state’s tally to more than 2.95 lakh, even as 147 more people recovered from the virus.
Hyderabad accounted for the highest number Covid cases of infections, 28, in the past 24 hours, followed by Medhcal Malkajgiri, Rangareddy and Warangal Urban (10 each), and Karimnagar and Nalgonda (9 each).
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Among other places, Siddipet (7), Bhadradri Kothagudem, Jagityal, Khamma, Mancherial, Sangareddy, and Vikarabad (6 each) and Jangaon and Peddapalli (5 each).
Although the total number of cases crossed 2.95 lakh, active cases currently stand at 1,977, more than the neighboring Telugu state of Andhra Pradesh.
Meanwhile, one more patient succumbed to the virus, increasing the statewide Covid death toll to 1,608.
The southern state’s Covid fatality rate currently stands at 0.54 percent, compared to the national average of 1.4 percent.
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Helped by 147 more recoveries, total recoveries crossed 2.91 lakh, slashing the gap between total cases and recoveries.
The southern state’s recovery rate is higher, 98.78 percent than the national average of 97.2 percent.
In the past 24 hours, the state tested 35,421 more samples for the virus, increasing the total number of tests over 80.6 lakh.
Per million population, the state tested 2.16 lakh samples.
