COVID-19: TS reports 2,447 cases; GHMC adds 1,112 cases
Telangana reported 2,447 new COVID-19 cases on January 17, pushing the cumulative caseload to 7,11,656. Three COVID-19 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours in the state.
By Newsmeter Network Published on 17 Jan 2022 2:27 PM GMT
Hyderabad: Telangana reported 2,447 new COVID-19 cases on January 17, pushing the cumulative caseload to 7,11,656. Three COVID-19 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours in the state.
On Sunday, the state had reported 2,047 cases. The number of active cases in the state currently stands at 22,197.
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) reported the highest number of cases (1,112) in the last 24 hours followed by Medchal-Malkajgiri (235), Rangareddy (183), and Hanumakonda (80).
A total of 2,295 people recovered from coronavirus statewide in a span of 24 hours taking the overall recoveries so far to 6,85,399 constituting a recovery rate of 96.31%.
As many as 80,138 samples were tested in the state during the past 24 hours out of which the results of 10,732 swab samples are awaited. A total of 3,07,09,658 COVID-19 tests have been carried out in the state since the outbreak of the pandemic.
A total of 2,68,897 doses of the COVID-19 vaccines were administered on Monday. Around 69,900 were the first dose, 1,80,065 were the second dose, and 18,932 were booster dose.
