HYDERABAD : Twenty seven more people tested positive for coronavirus (covid-19) in Telangana on Thursday, taking the state’s total cases to 970.
Health minister Eatala Rajender also said that 58 patients were discharged post treatment and added that one more person has also succumbed to the virus in the state on the same day.
So far in Telangana, 25 people have died due to covid-19, while 252 people have recovered. Rajender, while addressing a press conference on Thursday, said that he state government is doing its best to bring down the death rate. “The death rate for covid-19 in India is 3.18% and it is 2.6% in Telangana.