Telangana registers 1,811 fresh COVID-19 cases and 13 fatalities

Telangana recorded 1,811 fresh COVID-19 cases and 13 fatalities, pushing the state’s gross further up to 60,717. Out of the new positive cases, 521 were from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), followed by Ranga Reddy (289) and Medchal-Malkajgiri (151) districts, a state government bulletin said on Thursday, providing data as of 8 PM on July 29. With 13 more deaths, the COVID-19 toll in the state rose to 505.

Young people account for a substantial number of COVID-19 cases in



Telangana with nearly half of the patients falling in the 21-40 age group while 10.9 per cent of them in the high risk category of 60 plus. According to official data released on Wednesday, men have been affected the most with the gender recording 65.6 of the total 58,906 cases. Women accounted for 34.4 per cent.

While 22.1 per cent positive cases were in the age group of 21-30 years with men forming 14.1 per cent, as much as 25 per cent of the cases were in the age group of 31-40, said the bulletin.