Telangana COVID-19 Single Day Cases Close To 500, Active Cases Surge 3k

On the 25th of March, Telangana reported close to 500 new cases of the Novel Coronavirus or COVID-19. This is the 6th consecutive day, when the State reported more than 300 cases of the Novel Coronavirus.

In the past 24 hours, Telangana reported 493 new cases, taking the total tally to 3,04,791. Of the total new cases, the majority are from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) with 138 new cases, followed by 42 from Medchal Malkajgiri, 35 from Rangareddy, 24 each from Sangareddy, Nizamabad, 19 from Mahabubnagar, 18 each from Nalgonda and Karimnagar and 16 from Nirmal. The remaining cases were 14 from Mancherial, 12 each from Jagtial and Warangal Urban, 10 from Khammam, 9 from Adilabad, 8 each from Suryapet and Vikarbad, 7 each from Yadadri Bhongir, Jangaon, Kamareddy and Medak, 6 each from Bhadradri Kothagudem, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Nagarkurnool, Peddapalli, Rajanna Sircilla, Siddipet, Wanaparthy and Warangal Rural, 3 each from Komarambheem Asifabad and Mulugu, 2 each from Jogulamba Gadwal and Narayanpet.

In addition to the 493 new cases, Telangana recorded 157 recoveries and 4 deaths.

The data has been confirmed with an everyday released media bulletin to update about the Novel Coronavirus. The Telangana Health Department released the bulletin on a regular basis with information like number of cases, new cases in districts, recoveries, tests conducted for COVID-19 and deaths. 

In the past 24 hours, the Telangana Health Department, conducted as many as 56,464 tests for COVID-19. With this, the cumulative total of COVID-19 tests conducted till date stand at 98,45,577.

Meanwhile, Telangana has 3,04,791 positive cases, 2,99,427 active cases, 3,684 active cases and 1,680 deceased cases.

The recovery rate and case fatality rate in the state was 98.24 per cent and 0.55 per cent respectively in Telangana. In addition, under the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination drive, the vaccination wastage rate is at 0.80 %.

Stay tuned for further updates.