Telangana logs 157 fresh Covid cases, one death

Hyderabad, March 15 : Telangana has reported 157 new Covid-19 cases and one death in the last 24 hours, health officials said on Monday.
After recording over 200 cases for two consecutive days, the state saw 157 new infections but the drop may be due to fewer tests conducted during the last 24 hours.
The officials conducted 38,517 tests during the period as against over 50,000 a day earlier.
The fresh cases pushed the state’s Covid tally to 3,01,318. One more person succumbed to the virus, taking the death toll to 1,654.
The fatality rate remained at 0.54 per cent against the national average of 1.4 per cent.
While 44.96 per cent of deaths were due to Covid-19, remaining 55.04 died due to comorbidities.