HYDERABAD: Even as Telangana recorded 1,061 new cases of Covid-19 and 11 deaths on Friday, the number of active cases came down to 15,524 from over 20,000 cases within a short period of time.
The total count of cases, since the beginning of the pandemic last year, stands at 6,18,837 and the death toll stands at 3,618.
There are 99 active micro-containment zones in the state currently.
Of these, the highest number of containment zones (23) are in Mahabubabad followed by 20 in Bhadradri Kothagudem district.
Meanwhile, the director of public health and family welfare, in its bulletin once again said that people with co-morbid conditions like hypertension, diabetes, cardiac illness, chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancer or any other chronic illness are requested to stay indoors and avoid any kind of travel except for medical care in order to avoid exposure to Covid-19.
“If symptoms related to Covid-19 are observed, please report to the nearest government health facility and seek the required health services without any delay,” the statement read.
A total of 1,556 patients were declared recovered on Friday, taking the total count of recovered patients to 5,99,695.
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 96.62% now.
On Friday, 1,20,397 samples were tested for the novel coronavirus.
GHMC recorded 135 new cases on Friday, while Karimnagar recorded 80 cases, Rangareddy recorded 66 cases and Suryapet recorded 67 cases, continuing the decreasing trend.