HYDERABAD: Telangana recorded 207 new Covid-19 cases and two deaths on Saturday. The number of active cases in the state stands at 3,984. The total count of cases since the beginning of the pandemic last year stands at 6,70,139 and the death toll stands at 3,946.
A total of 184 patients were declared recovered on Saturday, taking the total count of recovered patients to 6,62,209. The case fatality rate (CFR) stands at 0.58 per cent while the recovery rate stands at 98.81 per cent. So far, 79.82 per cent of overall cases in the state have been asymptomatic while 20.1 per cent have been symptomatic.
On Saturday, 42,108 samples were tested for the novel coronavirus. Telangana has now completed testing 2.72 crore samples and has reached 7.32 lakh sample testing per million population.
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) recorded 38 cases on Saturday, while neighbouring Medchal Malkajgiri recorded nine cases. Rangareddy recorded 17 cases and Sangareddy recorded three cases. Outside of Hyderabad city and its outskirts, Karimnagar with 22 new cases recorded the highest number of cases.
