Telangana reports 164 new Covid-19 cases, 1 death

Telangana recorded 164 new Covid-19 cases and 1 death on Saturday. The number of active cases in the state stood at 3,815. The total count of cases since the beginning of the pandemic last year is 6,72,367 and the death toll stands at 3,964.

A total of 186 patients were declared recovered on Saturday, taking the total count of recovered patients to 6,64,588. The case fatality rate (CFR) stands at 0.58 percent while the recovery rate stood at 98.84 percent now. So far 79.9 percent of overall cases in the state have been asymptomatic while 20.1 percent have



been symptomatic.

On Saturday, 36,999 samples were tested for the novel coronavirus. Telangana has now completed testing 2.77 crore samples and has reached 7.46 lakh sample testing per million population.

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) recorded 51 cases on Saturday, while neighbouring Medchal Malkajgiri recorded 14 cases, Ranga Reddy recorded 12 and Sanga Reddy recorded 4 new cases. Outside of Hyderabad city and its outskirts, Karimnagar with 10 new cases recorded the highest number of cases, outside of GHMC limits.