The number of Covid-19 recoveries in Telangana crossed 2.25 lakh on Thursday with 978 more patients recovering from the infection during the last 24 hours.
Health officials said the total number of people recovered so far surged to 2,25,664. The state’s Covid recovery rate stands at 91.85 percent, just below the national average of 92.2 percent.
The last 24 hours saw the state adding 1,539 new cases, pushing the cumulative tally to 2,45,682. Of this, the number of active cases stands at 18,656 including 15,864 who are in-home or institutional isolation.
Five more people succumbed to the virus during the same period, pushing the death toll to 1,357.
The fatality rate stands at 0.55 percent against the national figure of 1.5 percent. According to the director of public health and family welfare, 44.96 percent of the deaths were due to Covid while 55.04 percent of the deceased had comorbidities.
The maximum number of new cases (285) were recorded in Greater Hyderabad. The cases also surged in districts.
Rangareddy district recorded the second-highest number of infections at 123 followed by Medchal Malkajgiri (102), Karimnagar (86), Bhadradri Kothagudem (82), Khammam (78), Nalgonda (69), and Suryapet (52).
According to a media bulletin by the health department, a total of 44,327 samples were tested during the last 24 hours, and out of the 41,377 tests were conducted in the government-run laboratories.
There are 18 laboratories conducting RT-PCR/CBNAAT/TRUENAT tests and 1076 Rapid Antigen testing centers run by the government and 47 private laboratories.
The cumulative number of tests rose to 44,39,856. Samples tested per million population surged to 1,20,477.
Out of total 2,45,682 positive cases so far, 70 per cent (1,71,977) were asymptomatic and 30 per cent (73,705) symptomatic.
The data shows that 63.9 percent of those tested positive so far were aged between 21-50 years. As many as 22.91 percent were aged above 51 years. The positive cases include 13.18 percent who were below 20 years.
