HYDERABAD: For the first time since the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic hit Telangana, the number of new cases recorded were below the 1,000 mark on Sunday.
Telangana recorded 748 new cases and eight deaths on Sunday even as the number of active cases stood at 14,302 going below the 15,000 mark for the first time in four months.
The total count of cases since the beginning of the pandemic last year stands at 6,20,613 and the death toll stands at 3,635.
The number of active containment zones in the state further came down to 88.
Currently, there are no active micro-containment zones in Hyderabad while Mahabubabad with 23 and Bhadadri Kothagudem with 19 containment zones are having the majority of the active containment zones in the state.
A total of 1,492 patients were declared recovered on Sunday, taking the total count of recovered patients to 6,02,676.
The case fatality rate (CFR) stands at 0.58% while the recovery rate improved to 97.10%.
On Sunday, 81,407 samples were tested for the novel coronavirus.
Telangana has now completed testing 1.83 crore samples and has reached 4.92 lakh sample testing per million population.
The GHMC recorded 121 new cases on Sunday, while neighbouring Medchal Malkajgiri recorded 36 cases, Rangareddy recorded 49 and Sangareddy recorded 24 cases, continuing the decreasing trend.