1,280 cases, 15 deaths logged on Sunday

GHMC area leads with 165 infections; daily tests go down by about 29,000

The daily positivity rate of COVID-19 infections in the State was at 1.4% in spite of testing going down by about 29,000 during the day as 1,280 new cases and 15 deaths were reported during the 24-hour period till 5.30 p.m. on Sunday. According to a bulletin issued by the public health department, the cumulative total of positive cases and deaths has reached 6,03,369 and 3,484, respectively. Of the cases reported on Sunday, 165 were from GHMC area and 156 from Khammam district. In 24 districts, the cases reported were in double-digit numbers with a maximum of 80 in Nalgonda district and in another seven district,s they were in single digits with the lowest of 1 in Kamareddy district. With 2,261 infected persons declared recovered during the day, the total recoveries have gone up to 5,78,748 and the rate up to 95.91% as against 95.22% at the national level. Similarly, the case fatality rate in Telangana is 0.57% against 1.3% at national level.