HYDERABAD: Telangana reported 168 new Covid-19 cases and 1 death on Saturday. The number of fresh cases in the state stood at 4,072.
The total count of cases since the beginning of the pandemic last year, stands at 6,71,342 and the death toll stands at 3,955
A total of 191 patients were announced recovered on Saturday, taking the total count of recovered patients to 6,63,315. The case fatality rate (CFR) stands at 0.58 percent while the recovery rate stood at 98.80 percent now. So far 79.9 percent of overall cases in the state have been asymptomatic while 20.1 percent have been symptomatic.
On Saturday, 37,882 samples were tested for the novel coronavirus. Telangana has now completed testing 2.75 crore samples and has reached 7.40 lakh sample testing per million population.
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) recorded 62 cases on Saturday, while neighbouring Medchal Malkajgiri recorded 11 cases, Ranga Reddy recorded 12 and Sanga Reddy recorded 3 cases. Outside of Hyderabad city and its outskirts, Karimnagar with 12 new cases each recorded the highest number of cases.
