Telangana sees drop in COVID cases, deaths rise

On Tuesday 56 die and 8,061 test positive

The number of COVID-19 cases showed a dip with 8,061 people testing positive for coronavirus on Tuesday as against 10,122 cases reported on Monday. However, there was no respite from the death toll with 56 people succumbing to COVID-19 across the State compared to 53 on Monday. The total number of positive cases rose to 4,19,966 with 3,45,683 patients recovering fully. On Tuesday alone, as many as 5,093 people recovered. Cumulatively, over 1.27 crore samples have been tested. The case fatality rate for Telangana stood at 0.51 per cent as against 1.1 per cent clocked in the country. The recovery rate too was at 82.31 per cent against 82.3 per cent in the country. The total number of active cases stood at 72,133 according to the health bulletin issued by the Director of Public Health and Family Welfare quoting information till 8 p.m. of Tuesday. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) continued to show upward tally of positive cases with as many as 1,508 cases reported in its limits. Medchal Malkajgiri 673 and Rangareddy 514 too continued to cause concern.