Telangana records 1,771 new cases of Covid-19 and 13 deaths

HYDERABAD: Telangana recorded 1,771 new cases of Covid-19 and 13 deaths on Saturday.
The total count of cases since the beginning of the pandemic last year, stands at 6,02,6089 and the death toll stands at 3,469. There are 22,133 active cases in Telangana currently while the number of active containment zones in the state increased from around 100 a fortnight back to 338 on Saturday.Of these, 13 containment zones are in Hyderabad, 110 in Nalgonda, 73 in Mahabubabad and 28 in Jagtial.
A total of 2,384 patients were declared recovered on Saturday, taking the total count of recovered patients to 5,76,487.
The case fatality rate (CFR) stands at 0.57%, increasing from 0.5% at the beginning of May. The recovery rate, meanwhile, has improved to 95.74% now, remaining on the climb for a month now.
On Saturday, 1,20,525 samples were tested for the novel coronavirus. Telangana has now completed testing 1.66 crore samples and has reached 4.46 lakh sample testing per million population.
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) recorded 171 new cases on Saturday, while neighbouring Medchal Malkajgiri recorded 104 cases, Rangareddy recorded 85 and Sangareddy recorded 40 cases, continuing the decreasing trend in an daround Hyderabad city.