Telangana Wuhan Virus Update: Reports 220 New Cases With 1 Death, Recovery At 98.72 Percentage

The Wuhan virus cases, also known as the Novel Coronavirus, reported a slight surge of cases for the second day in Telangana. After reporting below 200 cases in the past, the State reported cases numbering above 200.

On Tuesday, the 28th of September, Telangana reported 220 new cases with one death and 255 recoveries. The new cases were confirmed after conducting COVID-19 tests of samples, taking the cumulative total to 2.62 crores till date.

According to sources, of the new cases, the highest number of cases have been reported from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) region with 80 new cases. Of all the districts, the GHMC limit showed no improvement and reports more than 50 cases regularly.

The aforementioned data was confirmed through a health bulletin, released by the Telangana Health Department. On the evening of the 28th of September, the department released a media bulletin and updated information about the COVID-19 situation in the State.

With this, Telangana now has 6,65,504 positive cases, of which 4,549 are active cases, 6,57,040 are recovered/discharged cases and 3,915 are deceased. The recovery rate of Telangana improved to 98.73% from the previous 98.72% and the fatality rate of COVID-19 remained constant for the past two months at 0.58 %.

However, in the South Indian region, Telangana is the only state with low single day cases of the Wuhan virus. Other states like Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, the COVID-19 situation is risky with a high number of cases and active cases above 5,000.

Dr. G. Srinivasa Rao, the Director General of Public Health of Telangana, urged people to follow COVID-19 behavior and visit nearby medical centres if any symptoms of Dengue or COVID-19 are shown.

It is to be noted, of the total active cases, 79.90 % cases are asymptomatic, whereas, only 20.10 % are symptomatic.

Stay tuned for further updates.