1,278 test COVID-positive in Telangana

In a sign of some let-up in the COVID-19 surge, the number of novel coronavirus positive cases in Telangana was 1,278 on Friday although the State government has stepped up testing with the single-day tests crossing 10,000 samples. Of the 10,354 samples tested, 9,076 were negative.

With eight more COVID deaths, the total fatalities has gone up to 339 and the number of positive cases so far has reached 32,224. As 1,013 were discharged/declared recovered after treatment during the day the number of COVID positives recovered has also gone up to 19,205. The active cases stood at 12,680 as on Friday evening. The number of tests has also crossed the 1.5 lakh mark and were at 1,151,109 at the end of the day.

In spite of some let-up in the increase of COVID cases, the GHMC areas continues to be at the top of the chart with 762 positive cases, followed by 171 in Rangareddy and 85 in Medchal-Malkajgiri. The occupancy of beds in the hospitals designated for COVID treatment has also gone up to 9.5% from 9% on the previous day.