Telangana reports 1764 new Covid-19 cases; 12 deaths

Telangana has recorded 1764 new Covid-19 infections and 12 fatalities till Tuesday evening, which has taken the toll to 492 and the cumulative number of positive cases in the State to 58, 906.

Between Monday and Tuesday night, according to the daily health bulletin, 842 persons have recovered, pushing the overall number of recoveries in the State to 43, 751. The recovery rate in Telangana is close to 75 per cent while the national average is 64 per cent. The fatality rate among Covid-19 positive cases in the State is less than one per cent, when compared to the national average of 2.26 per cent.

According to health authorities, 18, 858 swab samples of suspected Covid-19 patients were tested out of which 1764 tested positive. Overall, the State has so far conducted Covid-19 tests on 3, 97, 939 swab samples and reports of 788 swab samples collected across the State are still pending.

The cumulative active Covid-19 cases across the State as on Tuesday night was 14, 663 out of which the number of positive cases under home isolation are 9, 178 persons while the rest of the 5, 485 positive cases are under institutional care. Authorities said that 84 per cent



of the positive cases who are under home isolation are asymptomatic cases in Telangana.

Out of the 1764 new Covid-19 infections, areas under GHMC reported 509 positive cases while Medchal Malkajgiri has witnessed a surge with authorities recording 158 infections in a single day. As many as 147 positive cases were reported from Rangareddy and 138 from Warangal Urban.

The Covid-19 positive cases reported from other districts include 15 from Adilabad, 30 from Bhadradri, 509 from areas under GHMC, 12 from Jagtiyal, 13 from Jangaon, eight from Bupalapally, 22 from Gadwal, ten from Kamareddy, 93 from Karimnagar, 69 from Khammam, six from Komarambheem Asifabad, 47 from Mahabubnagar, nine from Mahabubabad, 28 from Mancherial, 23 from Medak, 158 from Medchal Malkajgiri, 17 from Mulugu, 29 from Nagarkurnool, 51 from Nalgonda, seven from Narayanpet, eight from Nirmal, 47 from Nizamabad, 44 from Peddapally, 13 from Siricilla, 147 from Rangareddy, 89 from Sangareddy, 21 from Siddipet, 38 from Suryapet, seven from Vikarabad, four from Wanaparthy, 41 from Warangal Rural, 138 from Warangal Urban and 11 positive cases from Yadadri Bhongir.