Telangana reports 11 deaths, 2,384 new COVID-19 cases

Telangana logged 2,384 new COVID-19 cases, pushing states tally to 1,04,249, government said on Sunday.

toll rose to 755 with 11 more COVID-19 deaths, a state government bulletin said, providing data as of 8 PM on Saturday.

total number of people who recovered from infectious disease so far was 80,586, while 22,908 were under treatment.

state capital recorded 472 fresh infections while number of cases in a few districts saw a considerable rise.

Nizamab (148 cases), Nalgonda (137), Rangareddy (131), Karimnagar (120), Suryapet (110), Jagityal (105) and Khammam (105) reported higher case lo.

Among or districts, barring Jayashankar Bhupalpally (seven), rest reported cases in double digits.

According to bulletin, case fatality rate in state was 0.72 per cent against 1.87 per cent at national level.

recovery rate was 77.30 per cent in state, while it was 74.69 per cent in country.

number of individuals in home or institutional isolation was 16,379.

For second day in a row state tested a higher number of samples at 40,666. On Friday, a total of 43,095 tests were recorded, a substantial rise compared to earlier days when it was well under 30,000.

Cumulatively, number of samples tested touched 9,31,839.

state h come under flak for low testing from various quarters.

Goverr Tamilisai Soundararajan, a medical doctor herself, h on Tuesday last stressed need to conduct equate numbers of COVID-19 tests, saying erication of virus would be difficult without sufficient screening.

bulletin on Sunday said samples tested per million population was 25,099.

Of total positive cases in state, men accounted for 64.41 per cent, it said. PTI SJR VS VS