Active cases hover around 1,800-mark, surge in districts
The Hindu
Over 1.19 lakh tests conducted, 17 more die
There was a slight reduction in COVID-positive numbers with 1,813 cases detected on Wednesday as compared to 1,897 cases the previous day. Seventeen persons also died during the day, up by two from Tuesday. Testing continues to be above one lakh with 1,19,876 tests conducted and 1,420 results awaited as against 1,33,134 tests conducted on Tuesday. However, there is no break-up between rapid or RT-PCR tests in the official bulletin issued by Director of Public Health G. Srinivasa Rao. Active cases in Telangana are now 24,301. With 17 deaths, the overall death count went up to 3,426. Recoveries have been put at 1,801, a low compared to 2,982 the previous day. Total infections since March 2020 has risen to 5.97 lakh and recoveries to 5.70 lakh. Recovery rate has further improved to 95.35% when compared to the national rate of 94.50%.
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