Telangana’s Covid recovery rate crosses 90%

Hyderabad, Oct 21 : In a remarkable development, Telangana’s Covid-19 recovery rate has crossed 90 per cent as the state continued to see more recoveries than new infections.
Health officials on Wednesday said 1,811 people recovered during 24 last hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 2,04,388.
The state’s recovery rate climbed to 90.38 per cent as against the national average of 88.8 per cent.
The state reported 1,579 new cases, taking the cumulative tally to 2,26,124. Of this only 20,449 cases are active. Out of the total active cases, 17,071 are in home or institutional isolation.
Five more people succumbed to the infection during the last 24 hours, ending 8 p.m. on Tuesday.
The fresh fatalities pushed the death toll to 1,287. The fatality rate dropped to 0.56 per cent against the national average of 1.5 per cent.