Covid-19: 256 new cases, 2 deaths in Telangana

Hyderabad: Telangana registered 256 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the total positives to nearly 2.92 lakh while the toll surged to 1,581 with two more fatalities.

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the most number of cases with 51, followed by Medchal Malkajgiri and Rangareddy with 17 and 15 respectively, a government bulletin said on Tuesday providing details as of 8 pm on January 18.

The total number of cases stood at2,92,128 while recoveries were



2,86,542.

As many as 4,005 patients are under treatment and 31,486 samples were tested on Monday.

Cumulatively, over 75.15lakh samples have been tested.

The samples tested per million population was nearly 2.02 lakh, the bulletin said.

The case fatality rate in the state was 0.54 per cent, while it was 1.4 per cent at the national level.

The recovery rate in Telangana was 98.08 per cent, while it was 96.6 per cent in the country.