COVID cases rise in twin cities as testing is increased
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Telangana records 2,493 positive cases and 15 deaths
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A. Balaji, DSP, giving mask to a girl moving without one in Sangareddy on Tuesday.
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Telangana records 2,493 positive cases and 15 deaths
Telangana recorded 2,493 COVID positive cases and 15 deaths, three less than previous day, on Tuesday. The positive cases were just 31 less than the previous day, but the number of tests increased to 94,189 from 87,110 the previous day with results of 1,462 samples awaited on Tuesday.
Director of Public Health G. Srinivasa Rao informed in the daily health bulletin that there are 33,254 active positive cases either in home isolation or under treatment in hospitals, fewer than the 35,042 the previous day. This takes the overall infected number to 5.81 lakh whereas the recoveries got lower to 3,308 when compared to 3,464 cases the previous day.
There has been rise in positive cases across Telangana from 1,801 to 2,524 with an increase in testing from 61,053 to 87,110 between Sunday and Monday, while the results of 1,948 tests are awaited, as
The Telangana government may extend the lockdown by one more week, as per the latest buzz. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is going to hold a meeting with all the ministers on 30th May.
logged 3,527 COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to over 5.71 lakh while the toll stood at 3,226 with 19 deaths, a government bulletin said. Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the most number of cases with 519, followed by Nalgonda (218) and Khammam (215), the bulletin said. The state has37,793 active cases and over 97,000 samples were tested. The total number of cumulative cases in the state stood at5,71,044 while with3,982being cured, the total recoveries were at5,30,025. Cumulatively, over 1.49 crore samples have been tested. The samples tested per million population were over four lakh, the bulletin said. The case fatality and recovery rates in the state were 0.56 per cent and 92.81 per cent,respectively.