Biggest Spike In COVID Cases In Telangana

In biggest spike so far, Telangana reports 79 new cases on Monday by the evening pushing the states tally to 1,275.

However, the patients discharged were 50 on Monday with the total number of patients who have recovered climbing to 801. The state’s fatalities remained at 30.

As many as 142 cases were reported in three days and barring five migrants, all were recorded in Greater Hyderabad. While reports are coming that Saroornagar area has is turning out to be a new hotbed with 11 members of the same family getting infected with the deadly virus.

Meanwhile, three districts – Warangal Rural, Yadadri-Bhongir and Wanaparthy have no positive cases as on Monday and another 26 districts have reported no positive cases during the last 14 days.

Despite 79 new cases, the recovery rate in the State has continued to remain strong at 62 percent. The declining trend for the last 7-10 days of COVID-19cases showed that there would be no cases by May 8 but sudden spike on Monday was a blow to this.