Surge In Covid Cases Continues | Hyderabad News

HYDERABAD: Continuing the upward trend, Telangana clocked 448 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday. The number of active cases increased to 5,166.
Of the new cases 272 were recorded in Hyderabad district alone while 28 were recorded in Medchal Malkajgiri and 37 were recorded in Ranga Reddy.
Other districts witnessing a surge in cases include Bhadadri Kothagudem, Khammam, Nalgonda, Sangareddy and Hanumakonda.
The total number of cases so far in the state stood at 8,06,572. Total recoveries stood at 7,97,295 with 462 recoveries on Monday. The current positivity rate is 2.3 percent, while the recovery rate slipped to 98.85.
The death toll stands at 4,111, as no new deaths was recorded.
On Monday, a total of 22,601 samples were tested. Telangana has now completed testing 3.58 crore samples and has reached 9.64 lakh sample testing per million population.