HYDERABAD: Active cases across the state came down to 20,461 on Monday as it saw 1,511 new Covid-19 cases and 12 deaths.
The state’s cumulative Covid-19 caseload and death toll stand at 6,04,880 and 3,496 respectively.
As many as 2,175 patients were declared cured on Monday, with total recoveries now rising to 5,80,923.
The case fatality rate (CFR) stands at 0.57 percent while the recovery rate has improved to a little over 96 per cent now, continuing its rise for over a month.
The number of active containment zones, however, have risen to 318 from around just 100 a fortnight back.
Of these, 11 containment zones are in Hyderabad while Nalgonda (111), Mahabubabad (59) and Jagtial (29) have the most containment zones among districts.
The state tested 1,10,681 samples on Monday, completing testing of 1.68 crore samples till date and reaching a testing rate of 4.52 lakh tests per million population.
While Greater Hyderabad saw 173 new cases on Monday while neighbouring districts Medchal-Malkajgiri, Rangareddy, and Sangareddy recorded 83, 66, 18 new cases respectively.
Among other districts, Khammam (139), Nalgonda (113), and Bhadadri-Kothagudem (98) recorded a high number of cases.
Covid-19: Only 20,000 active cases in Telangana
