Telangana’s daily Covid cases continue to drop

Hyderabad, Nov 27 : The Covid-19 cases continue to decline in Telangana as the state is consistently reporting a daily count of less than 1,000 new infections.
The state logged 761 positive cases during the last 24 hours, pushing the state’s tally to 2,67,665, health officials said.
Four more persons succumbed to the virus taking the death toll to 1,444.
The fatality rate remains at 0.54 per cent against the national average of 1.5 per cent. According to the director of public health and family welfare, 44.96 per cent of the deaths were due to Covid while the remaining 55.04 were on account of comorbidities.
The declining trend continues despite the authorities conducting over 40,000 tests every day.
Greater Hyderabad’s daily count further dropped to 136. No other district has been reporting new cases in three digits for the last few days. Medchal Malkajgiri district reported the second highest number at 69 followed by Rangareddy (55), Bhadradri Kothagudem (33), Suryapet (33), and Siddipet (30).