On Sunday, the 17th of October, Telangana reported 122 new cases with one death and 176 recoveries. The new cases were confirmed by conducting 26,676 sample tests for COVID-19, of which 122 came positive for COVID-19. The low number of cases could be due to the low number of testing conducted on Sunday.
Usually, the Telangana Health Department conducts 35,000 to 40,000 tests in a day, resulting in more than 200 new cases. With this, till date, the State Health Department conducted 2.70 crores COVID-19 tests.
Despite the low number of cases, of the new cases, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC,) region reported 55, the highest number of the Wuhan virus cases. Of all the districts, the GHMC limit showed no improvement and reports a high number of cases regularly.
The aforementioned data was confirmed through a health bulletin, released by the Telangana Health Department on Sunday evening. Released everyday, the media bulletin of the State Health Department keeps an update about the COVID-19 situation in Telangana.
With this, Telangana now has 6,68,955 positive cases, of which 3,924 are active cases, 6,61,093 are recovered/discharged cases and 3,938 are deceased. The recovery rate of Telangana is now at 98.82 % and the fatality rate of COVID-19 remained constant for the past four months at 0.58 %.
It is to be noted, in the South Indian region, Telangana is the only state with low single day cases of the Wuhan virus. Other states like Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, the COVID-19 the situation is risky with a high number of cases and active cases above 5,000.
The State Health Department is also putting efforts and ensuring that people are safe and following COVID-19 appropriate behavior.
Meanwhile, in Telangana, of the total active Wuhan virus cases, 79.90 % cases are asymptomatic, whereas, only 20.10 % are symptomatic.
Stay tuned for further updates.
