Hyderabad: The Covid-19 recovery rate in Telangana crossed 92 per cent on Monday as 1,456 more patients recovered from the virus.
Health officials said the fresh recoveries pushed the cumulative recovery rate to 92.12 per cent against the national average of 91.6 per cent.
The state saw more recoveries than the new cases during the last 24 hours due to the weekend slump in testing.
The authorities tested only 25,643 samples, of which 922 were found positive. This has taken the cumulative number of positive cases to 2,40,970.
Seven more people succumbed to the deadly virus during the last 24 hours that ended 8 p.m. Sunday. The death toll jumped to 1,348.
The fatality rate stands at 0.55 per cent against the national average of 1.5 per cent. According to officials, 44.96 per cent of the deaths were due to Covid while 55.04 per cent of deceased had comorbidities.
The state now has 17,630 active cases, of which 14,717 are in-home or institutional isolation.
The maximum number of new cases (256) were recorded in Greater Hyderabad. Its neighbouring districts Rangareddy and Medchal Malkajgiri saw 56 and 40 new cases respectively. Sangareddy reported 44 cases, Karimnagar 42, Bhadradri Kothagudem 37 and Warangal Urban 37.