HYDERABAD: Telangana recorded 1,088 new Covid-19 cases and nine deaths on Thursday even as the number of active cases fell to 16,030. The total cases since the beginning of the pandemic last year stands at 6,17,776, while the death toll is 3,607.
The number of active containment zones in the state further came down to 108 as compared to 129 a day ago. Though there were no active micro containment zones in Hyderabad, majority of the containment zones in the state were in Mahabubabad (25), Bhadradri Kothagudem (20) and Nalgonda (15).
On Thursday, 1,511 patients recovered, taking the total number of recovered patients to 5,98,139. The case fatality rate (CFR) stands at 0.58%, increasing from 0.50% at the beginning of May. The recovery rate, meanwhile, has improved to 96.82% now.
