Telangana reports 143 new Covid-19 cases

Hyderabad: Telangana recorded 143 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the infection count to 2,96,277, while one death pushed the toll to 1,614, the state government said on Friday.

Recoveries stood at 2,92,848.

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the most number of cases with 27, followed by Rangareddy and Medchal Malkajgiri with 11 and 10 respectively, a government bulletin said providing details as of 8 pm on February 11.

As many as 1,815



patients are under treatment and28,337samples were tested on Thursday.

Cumulatively, over 82.42 lakh samples have been tested.

The samples tested per million population was over 2.21 lakh, the bulletin said.

The case fatality rate in the state was 0.54 per cent as against 1.4 per cent at the national level.

The recovery rate in Telangana was 98.84 per cent, while it was 97.3 per cent in the country.