HYDERABAD: Telangana recorded 196 new cases of Covid-19 and one death on Tuesday. The number of active cases in the state stood at 4,190. The total count of cases and the death toll stand at 6,68,266 and 3,933 respectively.
A total of 201 patients were declared recovered on Tuesday, taking the total count of recovered patients to 6,60,143. The case fatality rate (CFR) stands at 0.58 per cent while recovery rate stood at 98.78 per cent.
On Tuesday, 44,310 samples were tested for Covid-19. With this, Telangana has now completed testing 2.68 crore samples and has reached 7.22 lakh sample testing per million.
Greater Hyderabad recorded 59 cases on Tuesday while neighbouring districts Rangareddy, Medchal-Malkajgiri and Sangareddy recorded 15, nine and three cases respectively. Elsewhere, Karimnagar with 16 new cases recorded the highest number of cases among other districts.