Telangana witnesses 245 Covid infections, one death

HYDERABAD: Telangana recorded 247 new Covid-19 cases and one death on Thursday even as the number of active cases in the state stood at 4,877. The total count of cases since the beginning of the pandemic last year, stand at 6,64,411 and the death toll stands at 3,909.
A total of 315 patients were declared recovered on Thursday, taking the total count of recovered patients to 6,55,625.The case fatality rate (CFR) stands at 0.58 per cent while the recovery rate stood at 98.67 per cent now. So far 79.8 per cent of overall cases in the state have been asymptomatic while 20.2 per cent have been symptomatic.
On Thursday, 51,521 samples were tested for the novel coronavirus. Telangana has now completed testing 2.60 crore samples and has reached 7.0 lakh sample testing per million population.
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) recorded 71 cases on Thursday, while neighbouring Medchal Malkajgiri recorded 13 cases, Ranga Reddy recorded 9 and Sanga Reddy recorded one case. Outside of Hyderabad city and its outskirts, Karimnagar with 21 new cases recorded the highest number of cases.