STATE RECORDS 3,527 NEW COVID CASES, 19 DEATHS

Covid-19 appears reluctant to let go of its grip on Telangana, with the state reporting a marginal drop in new cases on Friday. As many as 3,527 new infections were reported in the day’s medical bulletin, down from 3,614 on Thursday.

The number of those dead from Covid-19 as per the list provided by the state health department went up further to 19, taking the toll to

3,226. The caseload stands at

5,71,044.

The slow drop in cases was reflected in the GHMC area, which had 519 cases — up from

504 on Thursday. Eleven of the

33 districts reported marginal increases in cases.

The next highest number of cases, 218, was reported from Nalgonda, followed by 215 in Khammam. This is a change from the pattern, where Ranga Reddy and MedchalMalkajgiri, which are adjacent to Hyderabad, record, the most cases outside the GHMC area. These two districts reported

207 and 188 cases respectively. Karimnagar district recorded 178 cases, BhadadriKothagudem 154, Suryapet 152, Peddapalli 144, Warangal Urban 130, Mahbubnagar 124, Mahabubabad 119 and Siddipet district 115.

The department said as 3,982 people were declared recovered on Friday, taking the total number of the recovered to

5,30,025, even as the state had

37,793 active cases under treatment.