HYDERABAD:
Telangana recorded 258 new Covid-19 cases and one death on Wednesday, and the number of active cases in the state stood at 4,946.
The total count of cases since the beginning of the pandemic last year, stands at 6,64,164 and the death toll is at 3,908.
A total of 249 patients recovered on Wednesday, taking the total count of recovered patients to 6,55,310.
The case fatality rate (CFR) stands at 0.58 per cent while the recovery rate is pitched at 98.66 per cent. So far 79.8 per cent of overall cases in the state have been asymptomatic while 20.2 per cent have been symptomatic.
On Wednesday, 55,419 samples were tested for coronavirus. Telangana has now completed testing 2.60 crore samples and has reached 6.98 lakh sample testing per million population.
The
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) recorded 69 cases on Wednesday, while neighbouring
Medchal Malkajgiri recorded 13 cases.
Ranga Reddy recorded 21 and
Sanga Reddy recorded two cases.
Outside of Hyderabad city and its outskirts,
Karimnagar with 25 persons testing positive recorded the highest number of cases.