A bulletin released by the Telangana Medical and Health Department today said that as many as 57,405 people underwent Covid-19 tests in the state during in last 24 hours.
Of them, 631 persons tested positive, bringing the state's total case tally to 2,72,123 so far - and two patients succumbed to the disease, pushing up the state's death toll to 1,467.
The state also recorded 802 recoveries between Wednesday and Thursday, increasing the total recoveries in the state to 2,61,830.
The highest number of positive cases were recorded in Adilabad, Bhadradri, Karimnagar, Medchal-Malkajgiri and Rangareddy districts.
However, the fatality rate in Telangana stands at 0.53%, lower than the countrywide mortality rate from the disease of 1.5%.
The state also has a high recovery rate of 96.21%.
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