HYDERABAD: Telangana recorded 420 new Covid-19 cases and three deaths on Saturday even as the number of active cases in the state stood at 7,606.
The total count of cases since the beginning of the pandemic last year stands at 6,52,135 and the death toll stands at 3,841.
The number of active containment zones in the state stood at 23.
Jagtiyal, Karimnagar and Nalgonda have majority of the active containment zones in the state.
A total of 623 patients were declared recovered on Saturday, taking the total count of recovered patients to 6,40,688.
The case fatality rate (CFR) stands at 0.58 per cent while the recovery rate stood at 98.24 per cent now.
So far 79.9 per cent of overall cases in the state have been asymptomatic while 20.1 percent have been symptomatic.
On Saturday, 87,355 samples were tested for the novel coronavirus.
Telangana has now completed testing 2.33 crore samples and has reached 6.27 lakh sample testing per million population.
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation recorded 71 cases on Saturday, while neighbouring Medchal Malkajgiri recorded 29 cases, Ranga Reddy recorded 23 and Sanga Reddy recorded 6 cases.
Outside of Hyderabad city and its outskirts, Karimnagar recorded the highest number of cases with 47 new cases being recorded on Sunday while Jangaon, Peddapalli, Yadadri Bhongir, Warangal Urban and Khammam saw more cases.
