HYDERABAD: Telangana recorded 231 new Covid-19 cases and two deaths on Sunday even as the number of active cases in the state stood at 6,384. The total count of cases since the beginning of the pandemic last year stands at 6,54,989 and the death toll stands at 3,858.
The number of active containment zones in the state stands at 19. Jagtiyal, Karimnagar and Nalgonda have majority of the active containment zones in the state.
A total of 453 patients were declared recovered on Sunday, taking the total count of recovered patients to 6,44,747. The case fatality rate (CFR) stands at 0.58% while the recovery rate stands at 98.43% now. So far, 79.8% of overall cases in the state have been asymptomatic while 20.2% have been symptomatic.
On Sunday, 46,987 samples were tested for coronavirus. Telangana has now completed testing 2.39 crore samples and has reached 6.43 lakh sample testing per million population. GHMC recorded 66 cases on Sunday, while neighbouring Medchal Malkajgiri recorded 9 cases, Rangareddy recorded 19 and Sangareddy recorded two cases.
