Over 10,000 COVID cases and 50 deaths in TS
The Hindu
This is the highest recorded so far in a day ever since the pandemic began
More than 10,000 COVID-19 cases were recorded in Telangana in one day and more than 50 people died! On Monday, 10,122 people tested positive for coronavirus and 52 COVID-19 patients have died. These are the highest numbers recorded in a day. Till Monday, the maximum cases were 8,126, recorded on April 24. The cases are not heavily concentrated in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). Though the highest of 1,440 cases were reported from GHMC, the cases were spread out in other districts — 751 in Medchal Malkajgiri, 653 in Waranagal Urban, 621 in Rangareddy, 498 in Nizamabad, 469 in Nalgonda, 417 in Mahabubnagar, and 303 in Suryapet. The State has crossed 4 lakh cases and 2,000 COVID-19 deaths on Sunday. From March 2, 2020 to April 26 this year, a total of 1,26,66,312 samples were put to test and 4,11,905 were detected with coronavirus. Of the total, 3,40,590 have recovered, 69,221 are active cases, and 2,094 have died.More Related News
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