Telangana: Covid 19 cases cross 10000 mark on Monday

Hyderabad: Telangana on Monday had the Covid cases recording a major surge crossing the 10,000 mark for the first time and single-day deaths going beyond 50.

The State witnessed its highest single-day surge of infections and fatalities, with authorities reporting 10,122 positive cases and 52 fatalities.

The cumulative number of active cases in the State has now reached 69,221 of which 20, 238 patients are undergoing treatment in hospitals and 48, 983 positive cases are in home isolation or institutional care.

With 10,122 positive cases in a single day, for the first time since the pandemic, the positivity rate in Telangana, which is defined as the percentage of people who test positive for Covid virus out of the overall number of persons who were tested, is at 10.15 percent.

The cumulative number of infections has now gone-up to 4, 11, 905 while the total number of fatalities has reached 2094.

Between Sunday and Monday, authorities conducted 99, 638 tests. So far, a total of 1, 26, 66, 312 Covid-19 tests have been conducted in the State out of which 4, 11, 905 have tested positive and 3, 40, 590 persons have recovered.

The impact of the Covid second wave is clearly across the State with officials reporting more than 100 cases in 29 districts. In the last 24-hours, the areas under GHMC, Medchal-Malkajgiri and Rangareddy districts combined have reported close to 3, 000 cases.