Corona update: 461 new positive cases, 3 deaths in Telangana

Telangana registered 461 coronavirus positive cases and three new deaths until 8 pm on Thursday taking the cumulative number of cases to 2,86,815 while the total fatalities to 1,544. With 617 new recoveries in the last 24 hours, the total recoveries went up to 2,79,456. At present, there are 5,815 active cases out of which 3,674 are in home or institutional isolation.

Between Wednesday and Thursday, around 42,013 tests were conducted. However, the results of 461 came positive and the reports of 763 are awaited. So far 69,24,707 samples have been tested in the state i.e, 1,86,048 tests per million population.

The recovery rate in Telangana is at 97.43 per cent as against the recovery rate of India at 96.1 per cent. Meanwhile, the fatality rate is at 0.53 per cent in Telangana as against the country's fatality rate 1.4 per cent.

Of the 461 fresh cases reported on Thursday, 108 were reported from GHMC, 44 from Rangareddy, 41 from Medchal Malkajgiri districts and remaining from other districts in the state.