HYDERABAD: Telangana recorded 784 new cases of Covid-19 and five deaths as on Tuesday with the number of active cases in the state now down to 11,455.
With this, the cumulative Covid-19 tally in the state rose to 6,28,282 cases and 3,703 deaths. The number of active containment zones down across the state now stands at 48 with Mahabubabad (15) and Bhadadri-Kothagudem (13) having the most containment zones.
As many as 1,028 patients were declared recovered on Tuesday, taking total recoveries in the state to 6,13,124. The case fatality rate stands at 0.58 per cent while recovery rate at 97.6 per cent. So far, nearly 80 per cent of overall cases have been symptomatic while remaining were reported asymptomatic. Tuesday saw the testing of 1.05 lakh samples for Covid-19, taking total testing to 1.92 crore samples, and 5.17 lakh tests conducted per million population.
