1,486 new Covid cases, 7 deaths in Telangana

Hyderabad, Oct 20 : Telangana on Tuesday reported 1,486 new Covid cases, while seven more people succumbed to the infection.
The state’s Covid tally rose to 2,24,545. The fresh fatalities pushed the death toll to 1,282.
The fatality rate remains at 0.57 per cent against the national average of 1.5 per cent.
Officials said the percentage of deaths due to Covid-19 was 44.96 while the remaining 55.04 had comorbidities.
The state continued to see more recoveries than the new infections. The Health officials said 1,891 people recovered from the virus during the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative recoveries to 2,02,577.
The state’s recovery rate jumped to 90.21 per cent as against the national average of 88.6 per cent.