The number of Covid-19 recoveries again outnumbered new positive cases detected in Telangana during the last 24 hours, officials said on Sunday.
With 1,717 new cases, the cumulative tally rose to 2,12,063. For a fourth consecutive day the daily count was below 2,000 mark.
Five more people succumbed to the Covid-19, taking the cumulative death toll to 1,222.
The fatality rate stands at 0.57 per cent against the national average of 1.5 per cent.
Officials said the percentage of deaths due to Covid-19 was 44.96 while the remaining 55.04 had co-morbidities.
Last 24 hours ending 8 p.m. Saturday saw more recoveries than the new cases. With 2,103 more people recovering from the virus during the period, the total recoveries jumped to 1,85,128. The state's recovery rate climbed to 87.29 per cent while the national average is 85.9 per cent.
The state now has 25,713 active cases, including 21,209 who are in home/institutional isolation.
Both the state capital and districts continued to show declining trends in new cases. Greater Hyderabad reported 276 cases. Rangareddy district recorded second highest number of cases at 132 followed by Medchal Malkajgiri (131), Karimnagar (104), Nalgonda (101), Bhadradri Kothagudem (87), Siddipet (85), Khammam (82) and Sangareddy (59).
During the last 24 hours, 46,657 tests were conducted. With this the cumulative numbers have gone up to 35,47,051.