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Over 500 new Covid cases, nine deaths in Telangana

HYDERABAD: A total of 578 new Covid-19 cases and nine deaths were recorded on Sunday. The total death toll now stands at 3,759 cases and the recovery rate has now touched 97.86 %.

So far, a total of 2,05,29,888 Covid-19 tests have been conducted in the state, out of which 6,36,627 have tested positive and 6,23,044 persons have recovered. As on Sunday, there were 9,824 active Covid-19 cases in the state.

Meanwhile, the director of public health and family welfare, in its guidelines, once again urged the citizens to seek medical care in case of any flu/influenza like symptoms such as fever, cough, sore throat, running nose, difficulty in breathing, body pains and headache.

“If symptoms related to Covid-19 are observed, please report to the nearest government health facility and seek the required health services without any delay. People with co-morbid conditions are also requested to stay indoors and avoid any kind of travel except for medical care in order to avoid exposure to the virus,” the statement read.

The data also revealed that a total of 731 persons recovered on Sunday. Also, as many as 90,966 Covid-19 tests were conducted in the State while reports of another 1159 samples were awaited.

The GHMC limits saw 75 new cases followed by 53 cases in Karimnagar district and 53 cases in Khammam district.

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