HYDERABAD: Telangana recorded 1,028 new Covid-19 cases and 9 deaths on Saturday even as number of active cases reduced to 15,054.
The total count of cases since the beginning of the pandemic last year, stand at 6,19,865 and the death toll stands at 3,627.
The number of active containment zones in the state further came down to 90 as compared to 108 a day back.
Currently, there are no active micro containment zones in Hyderabad while Mahabubabad with 24 containment zones, Nalgonda with 5 containment zones and Bhadradri Kothagudem with 19 containment zones have the majority of the active containment zones in the state.
A total of 1,489 patients were declared recovered on Saturday, taking the total count of recovered patients to 6,01,184.
The case fatality rate (CFR) stands at 0.58%, increasing from 0.5% at the beginning of May.
The recovery rate, meanwhile, has improved to 96.98 percent now.
On Saturday, 1,18,427 samples were tested for the novel coronavirus.
Telangana has now completed testing 1.82 crore samples and has reached 4.90 lakh sample testing per million population.
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) recorded 132 new cases on Saturday, while neighbouring Medchal Malkajgiri recorded 43 cases, Rangareddy recorded 64 cases and Sangareddy recorded 12 cases, continuing the decreasing trend in and around Hyderabad city.
1,000 new Covid-19 cases, 9 deaths recorded in T’gana
