COVID 19: Telangana reports 1,802 fresh COVID cases, Nine deaths on Sunday

Hyderabad: Telangana reported 1,802 new COVID cases on Sunday taking the overall tally to 1,42,771 in the state.

Nine new deaths are reported on September 6 taking the total tally to 895. The fatality rate in the state is 0.62 per cent which is less than the national average of 1.70 per cent.

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation area reported 245 new cases while Rangareddy reported 158 new cases. Districts of Telangana is seeing the increase in cases. Karimnagar reported 136 new cases while Siddipet reported 106 cases.

Around 2,711 citizens recovered from the infection on Sunday taking the tally of total recoveries to 1,10,241. The recovery rate, as per the government now stands at 77.2 per cent, which approximately equals the national average of 77.25 per cent.

The state currently has 31,635 active cases.

The government tested 36,593 citizens for the virus on Sunday. So far 17,66,982 samples have been tested in the state. Samples tested per million population stand at 47,594.

Of the total cases, 24,596 are under home isolation. Of those, 69 per cent are asymptomatic with no severe signs of distress.

According to the state, men aged between 31 and 40 years contribute to 16.97 per cent of the total cases. Women aged between 21 and 30 years contribute to 8.07 per cent of the total cases.

The deaths due to comorbidities have risen to 53.87 per cent. 46.13 per cent of victims had no comorbidities.

Vacancy of beds:

The state currently has 17,707 vacant beds for COVID patients.

Around 11,487 isolation beds, 4,651 oxygen beds, and 1,569 ICU beds are lying vacant in different state hospitals.