Daily caseload rises as tests jump by 10,000
The Hindu
TS posts 3,762 infections as against 3,189 the previous day
Telanagana reported 3,762 new COVID-19 positive cases on Wednesday as against 3,812 the previous day. The State continued to enhance testing with 91,048 samples examined on Wednesday when compared to 81,203 tests conducted the day before. The numbers of fatalities reduced to 20 from Tuesday’s 23, taking the overall toll to 3,189. Director of Public Health G. Srinivasa Rao informed in the daily medical bulletin that test results of about 2,210 were awaited and the number of active cases stood at 38,632. This takes the number of people infected so far to 5.64 lakh and number of those recovered to 5.22 lakh (a total of 3,816 reovered on Wednesday). Case fatality has been 0.56% when compared to the national figure of 1.1%. Recoveries have improved to 92.58% as against 89.6%.
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