Telangana records 1,579 new Covid-19 cases taking the total to 2,26,124

HYDERABAD: After seeing a dip in Covid positive cases, Telangana on Wednesday recorded a fresh jump with 1,579 new cases, after dropping below the 1,000 mark a day back. Also five deaths were recorded over the last 24 hours. With this the total number of cases so far has crossed 2,26,124 and a total of 1,287 Covid-19 deaths have been reported in the state till date.
Meanwhile, a total of 2,04,388 patients have recovered from the coronavirus infection and 20,449 active cases are there in the state currently.
On Wednesday a total of 41,475 tests were done taking the total count of Covid-19 tests done so far to 39. 4 lakh. Samples tested per million population has now crossed 1.05,865 in the state.
The share of younger females in the Covid-19 patients is continuously on the rise, increasing from nearly 8 percent two months back to over 9 percent now. this increase is particularly in the 21-30 years category which now accounts for 9.02 percent of patients (the highest among female patients). as per latest numbers, 39 percent of the total patients are females while 61 percent are males.
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits recorded a total of 256 new cases on Wednesday, Medchal Malkajgiri recorded 135 cases, Khammam 106 cases, Ranga Reddy 102 cases, Nalgonda 90 cases and Bhadadri Kothagudem 87 cases. All other districts in the state recorded new cases as well. Narayapet district meanwhile recorded the lowest number of cases with just 4 new cases.