COVID-19 positive cases over 6,000; 52 deaths

Director of Public Health G. Srinivasa Rao in the official bulletin issued in the morning maintained that the fatality rate across Telangana is about 0.54% less than the national average of 1.1%.

There is a small dip in the number of COVID-19 positive cases with 6,026 on Wednesday when compared to 6,361 cases detected the previous day with the number of tests conducted showing a rise at 79,824 tests as against 77,435 tests conducted the day before. Official death toll count, however, rose by one to 52 from 51. The total number of active cases to 77,127 across Telangana with the majority of the cases continuing to be from the twin cities and the suburbs. Director of Public Health G. Srinivasa Rao in the official bulletin issued in the morning maintained that the fatality rate across TS is about 0.54% less than the national average of 1.1%. The number of people recovered is 6,551 and it means about 3.96 lakh persons have recovered from the coronavirus with the recovery rate being 83.24% and more than the national average of 82% whereas the total number of those infected from last year is around 4.76 lakh. Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) leads the number of cases with 1,115 followed by Medchal-Malakajgiri 418, Ranga Reddy 403 and Sanga Reddy 231. There has been marked rise in the cases where municipal polls have been conducted recently with Nalgonda showing 368 cases, Siddipet 231, Khammam 205, Warangal Urban 224 and Warangal Rural 133 cases. Other districts with significant positive cases are Karimnagar 223, Nagarkurnool 206 and Medak 205.