T’gana’s Covid tally surges to 2.44L, cure rate over 92%

Hyderabad, Nov 4 : Telangana’s Covid-19 tally surged to 2.44 lakh as 1,637 new infections were reported during the last 24 hours, health officials said on Wednesday. The state has also registered a recovery rate of over 92 per cent.
Six more people succumbed to the virus, pushing the death toll to 1,357.
The fatality rate stands at 0.55 per cent against the national figure 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 55.04 per cent of the deceased had comorbidities.
As many as 1,273 people recovered during the last 24 hours taking the total number of recoveries so far to 2,24,686. The state’s recovery rate is 92.03 per cent against the national average of 92.1 per cent.
The state now has 18,100 active cases, of which 15,335 are in home or institutional isolation.
The maximum number of new cases (292) were recorded in Greater Hyderabad. The cases also surged in districts.