4,693 test positive in State, 33 succumb
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Updated:
GHMC records 734 cases
GHMC records 734 cases
In Telangana, 4,693 persons tested COVID positive on Thursday as against 4,723 the day before, even as the tests have comparatively been ramped up to 71,221 as against 69,525 the previous day with 2,474 case results yet to be declared on Thursday evening. The number of deaths increased by two to 33.
Director of Public Health G. Srinivasa Rao informed in the official bulletin that the number of active cases has reduced to 56,917 on Thursday as against 59,133 the day before with 6,876 persons having recovered from the virus.
With this, the total number of those infected since last March is 5.16 lakh whereas the total number of those recovered is 4.57 lakh and the number of those dead during this period has risen to 2,867 from 2,834. The fatality rate across Telangana continues to be 0.55% with national average being 1.1%. The recovery rate has risen slightly to 88.42% more than the national average of 83.2%.