HYDERABAD: Telangana recorded 645 new Covid-19 cases and four deaths as on Tuesday even as number of active cases stood at 9,237. The total count of cases stands at 6,42,436 and death toll at 3,791. The number of containment zones in the state stood at 36.
A total of 729 patients were declared recovered on Tuesday, taking the total count of recovered patients to 6,29,408. The case fatality rate (CFR) stands at 0.59 percent while the recovery rate has improved to 97.97 per cent now. So far, 79.9 per cent of overall cases in the state have been asymptomatic while 20.1 per cent have been symptomatic.
On Tuesday, 1,23,166 samples were tested with Telangana now having completed 2.15 crore tests and reaching 5.79 lakh sample testing per million population. Greater Hyderabad recorded 72 new cases on Tuesday, while neighbouring Medchal Malkajgiri, Rangareddy and Sangareddy recorded 31, 27, and five cases respectively. Elsewhere, Jagtiyal, Khamman, Mancheriyal, Suryapet and Nalgonda saw more cases.
