Telangana sees 248 new Covid cases, 1 more death

HYDERABAD: Telangana recorded 248 new Covid-19 cases and one death on Saturday even as the number of active cases in the state stood at 4,701. The total count of cases since the beginning of the pandemic last year stands at 6,64,898 and the death toll stands at 3,912.
A total of 324 patients were declared recovered on Saturday, taking the total count of recovered patients to 6,56,285.The case fatality rate (CFR) stands at 0.58% while the recovery rate stands at 98.70%. So far, 79.8% of overall cases in the state have been asymptomatic while 20.2% have been symptomatic.
On Saturday, 52,702 samples were tested for the novel coronavirus. Telangana has now completed testing 2.61 crore samples and has reached 7.02 lakh sample testing per million population.
The GHMC recorded 66 cases on Saturday, while neighbouring Medchal Malkajgiri recorded 10 cases, Rangareddy recorded 18 and Sangareddy recorded five cases.