Hyderabad: As many as 2,983 fresh cases of Coronavirus were registered in Telangana State till 5.30 pm on Tuesday while two people lost their lives due to the virus in the last 24 hours.
With this increase, the total number of Coronavirus positive cases in the State has increased to 7,14,639 while the death toll increased to 4,062.
Following directions of the Telangana High Court more than one lakh samples were tested today. A total of 1,07,904 samples were tested till 5:30 pm on Tuesday which took the total number of tests to 3,08,17,562.
According to the Media Bulletin issued by the Director of Public Health & Family Welfare, of 2,983 new cases, as many as 1,206 cases were recorded in Greater Hyderabad alone while 259 cases in Medchal Malkajgiri, 227 cases in Rangareddy and 118 cases in Hanamkonda district were also registered.
On Tuesday, a total of 2,706 people recovered from the disease. Presently, there are 22,472 Active Cases in Telangana State. (INN)