As many as 66 fresh cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Telangana on Friday, taking the number of active cases in the state to 562.
With 66 people testing positive for the virus, the total number of positive cases reported in the state rose to 766, a media bulletin on COVID-19 said.
No death was reported today and the number of people who succumbed to the virus remained unchanged at 18.
The number of people discharged from hospitals after recovery stood at 186, according to the bulletin. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) area accounted for 286 of the total 562 active cases, it said. Containment zones have been taken up in the localities where positive cases are reported, an official release said.
Across the state, containment measures are being taken up in 13 districts in which 209 clusters have been identified.
With 54 positive cases reported till Friday in Suryapet district, the Suryapet town would be a "red zone", an official release quoted state minister G Jagadish Reddy as saying. State Municipal Administration Minister KT Rama Rao, who held a video conference with Additional Collectors and Municipal Commissioners of all districts from Hyderabad, directed municipal commissioners and zonal commissioners to ensure that people living in containment zones stay indoors.