Active Covid-19 numbers decline in Telangana

HYDERABAD: Telangana on Wednesday recorded 948 new Covid-19 cases and five deaths, raising the total count to 2,59,776. While the death toll stands at 1,415, the number of active cases is on a decline for a while now.
There are 13,068 patients under medical care in the state and so far, a total of 2,45,293 patients have recovered from the coronavirus infection. The recovery rate in the state has improved to 94 percent and the current recovery rate in the state is slightly better than the country average of little over 93 percent.
Telangana’s case fatality rate is at 0.54 percent and indicates that one in every 200 patients is succumbing.
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits recorded 154 of the 948 new positive cases on Wednesday. After GHMC, Medchal Malkajgiri reported the highest number of cases with 83 positives, Ranga Reddy recorded 76 positives, Bhadadri Kothagudem had 61 and Karimnagar reported 55. All the districts recorded new cases Wednesday.