Hyderabad, March 12 : Telangana reported 181 new Covid-19 cases and one death during the last 24 hours, said health officials on Friday.
The state has been witnessing a steady rise in new infections. Despite fewer tests conducted on Thursday on account of Maha Shivratri, the state reported a higher number of cases.
Only 21,340 tests were conducted as compared to the daily average of 40,000. The authorities conducted fewer tests every weekend and on holidays.
Of this, 16,556 samples were tested in government laboratories and 4,784 in private facilities.
The fresh cases pushed the cumulative tally to 3,00,717 while the toll reached 1,650.
The fatality rate remained 0.54 per cent as compared to the national average of 1.4 per cent. While 44.96 per cent of the deaths occurred due to Covid-19, 55.04 per cent had comorbidities.
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