Hyderabad: The decline in Kovid-19 infection continued in Telangana on Tuesday, with 784 new cases being reported, taking the number of infected to 6,28,282.
The state had registered 808 Covid-19 cases on Monday.
The death toll rose to 3,703 with five more deaths on Tuesday.
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounts for the highest number of cases with 89, followed by Nalgonda (71) and Peddapalli (52) districts, a state government bulletin said, providing details by 5.30 pm on Tuesday.
The number of cured has exceeded the number of fresh cases today, with 1,028 people having recovered from the infectious disease, taking the cumulative number to 6,13,124.
The number of active cases stood at 11,455, the bulletin said.
It said that 1,05,186 samples were tested on Tuesday and the total number tested so far stood at 1,92,74,985.
The samples tested per million population were 5,17,866.
The case fatality rate in the state was 0.58%, while at the national level it was 1.3%.
The recovery rate in Telangana was 97.58 percent, while in the country it was 97.14 percent.
Meanwhile, Governor Tamilisai Sundararajan on Tuesday suggested that the state government prepare an action plan to ensure 100% vaccination of tribals living in scheduled and other remote areas in a time bound manner.
“There is an urgent need to vaccinate all tribals well before the start of the widely anticipated third wave of the pandemic (in the near future) in the country,” she said, according to a Raj Bhavan Press release.
The state had registered 808 Covid-19 cases on Monday.
The death toll rose to 3,703 with five more deaths on Tuesday.
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounts for the highest number of cases with 89, followed by Nalgonda (71) and Peddapalli (52) districts, a state government bulletin said, providing details by 5.30 pm on Tuesday.
The number of cured has exceeded the number of fresh cases today, with 1,028 people having recovered from the infectious disease, taking the cumulative number to 6,13,124.
The number of active cases stood at 11,455, the bulletin said.
It said that 1,05,186 samples were tested on Tuesday and the total number tested so far stood at 1,92,74,985.
The samples tested per million population were 5,17,866.
The case fatality rate in the state was 0.58%, while at the national level it was 1.3%.
The recovery rate in Telangana was 97.58 percent, while in the country it was 97.14 percent.
Meanwhile, Governor Tamilisai Sundararajan on Tuesday suggested that the state government prepare an action plan to ensure 100% vaccination of tribals living in scheduled and other remote areas in a time bound manner.
“There is an urgent need to vaccinate all tribals well before the start of the widely anticipated third wave of the pandemic (in the near future) in the country,” she said, according to a Raj Bhavan Press release.
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