Telangana Records 1,724 New Cases Of Coronavirus

Telangana records 1,724 new cases of coronavirus, the total number of infected crossed 97 thousand. The number of coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in Telangana reached 97,424 on Thursday. Telangana records 1,724 new cases of coronavirus, while the death toll has risen to 729 with 10 more deaths. Of the new cases, 395 cases were reported from Greater Hyderabad. The state capital declined in numbers compared to Wednesday, but districts saw an increase in the trend of infection.

Medchal Malkajgiri district saw 105 new cases while Rangareddy saw 169 new cases. Sangareddy, another district sharing borders with Greater Hyderabad, where 45 new cases have been registered. According to a media release by the Office of the Director of Public Health and Family Welfare, new cases have been registered from all 33 districts.

Three districts reported new cases in single digits. Karimnagar was the worst affected district with 101 new cases in Greater Hyderabad and its adjoining districts. The number of tests in the state crossed eight lakhs with 23,841 tests during the last 24 hours. Health authorities have conducted 8,21,311 tests so far.

The results of 968 samples are awaited. Many of the 16 government and 23 private laboratories are conducting RT-PCR / CBNAAT / TRUNET type tests, while there are 1,076 rapid-antigen testing centers. However, officials have not provided a break-up of the tests. The authorities added 23 more private hospitals to the list of private facilities for the treatment of COVID patients. There are 8,641 beds in 155 private hospitals treated with COVID and 4,655 of them are empty.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) in India is spreading fast, So far more than 28 lakh cases have been reported in the country and more than 53 thousand people have died. According to the latest data released by the Ministry of Health, in the last 24 hours, the maximum number of 69,652 cases has been reported and 977 people have died. During this time, the maximum number of 9 lakh 18 thousand 470 sample tests have been done.