The number of new covid-19 cases in Telangana crossed the figure of 10,000 new cases in a single day on Monday for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. Taking the active caseload to 69,221 patients, as many as 10,122 new infections were reported across the state till 8 pm Monday, according to a medical bulletin released this morning. At least 52 people died to the virus on the same day, another grim record for the state.As the positive cases rate rose to 10.75 per cent on Tuesday, Greater Hyderabad recorded maximum new infections with 1,440 cases.
The caseload has been on a steady rise since mid-March and the Telangana Health Department has warned of a surge in cases till the end of May.Gandhi hospital and Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS), two of the biggest government-run hospitals exclusively offering treatment for Covid-19have no ICU beds vacant. All 619 and 137 ICU beds, respectively, are occupied.Meanwhile, as many as 2,15,294 doses of vaccine against coronavirus were administered on Monday across the state.
-article writer Syeda Mehrukh Naaz
