Hyderabad Jan 25 PTI Telangana on Tuesday reported 4559 fresh COVID-19 cases taking the tally to 743354 while the death toll rose to 4077 with two more fatalities The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation GHMC reported the highest number of daily cases with 1450 followed by Medchal Malkajgiri 432 and Rangareddy 322 districts a state government bulletin said providing details as of 530 PM today The state had registered 3980 new cases on Monday A total of 1961 people recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours With this the cumulative number of recoveries rose to 703008 Active cases stood at 36269 the bulletin said A total of 113670 samples were tested today and the total number examined till date was over 315 crore The samples tested per million population were over 848 lakh The case fatality and recovery rates were at 055 per cent and 9457 per cent respectively PTI GDK BN BN

Hyderabad Jan 24 PTI Telangana on Monday reported 3980 fresh COVID-19 cases taking the tally to 738795 while the death toll rose to 4075 with three more fatalities The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation GHMC reported the highest number of daily cases with 1439 followed by Medchal Malkajgiri 344 and Rangareddy 234 districts a state government bulletin said providing details as of 530 PM today The state had registered 3603 new cases on Sunday A total of 2398 people recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours With this the cumulative number of recoveries rose to 701047 Active cases stood at 33673 the bulletin said A total of 97113 samples were tested today and the total number examined till date was 314 crore The samples tested per million population was over 845 lakh The case fatality and recovery rates were at 055 per cent and 9489 per cent respectively PTI GDK BN BN

Hyderabad Jan 18 PTI Bharat Biotech on Tuesday said it is receiving several reports that children in the age group 15 to 18 are being administered COVID-19 vaccine other than Covaxin Requesting the health workers to be vigilant and ensure that only Covaxin is administered to that particular age group Bharat Biotech in a twitter post said its vaccine is the only approved COVID-19 jab to be administered to children in the age group between 15 and 18 We have received several additional reports of individuals in the 15-18 year age group being administered unapproved COVID-19 vaccines the company said Covaxin received approval based on thorough clinical trial evaluation for safety and immunogenicity in the 2-18 years age group Currently it is the only COVID-19 vaccine in India approved for children it added PTI GDK BN BN

Hyderabad Dec 31 PTI Telangana on Friday recorded 311 fresh coronavirus cases pushing the total count to 681898 lakh while the toll rose to 4027 with two more deaths The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation GHMC accounted for the most number of cases with 198 followed by Medchal Malkajgiri 32 district a state government bulletin said providing details as of 530 PM today It said 222 people recuperated from the infectious disease and the cumulative number of recoveries till date was 674221 The number of active cases was 3650 According to the bulletin over 36000 samples were examined today and the total number tested till date was 297 crore The samples tested per million population werr 798 lakh The case fatality rate in the state was 059 per cent while the recovery rate 9887 PTI GDK BN BN

Hyderabad Dec 31 PTI Rapes cases have gone up by over 23 per cent in Telangana during 2021 even as the overall crimes jumped by 465 per cent in the state the state police said on Friday Since the public have become well-versed with existent technology and familiar to online method lodging online petitions without approaching the police stations has been increased enormously the police said as the reason in the increase in overall crime cases Total of 2382 rape cases were registered during the current year 2021 These cases have been analyzed and it was ascertained that the offenders are mostly known to Rape victims police said There were 1934 registered rape cases in 2020 It was also found that rapes were committed by unknown accused persons only in 26 cases In the remaining 2356 cases victims were raped by close family membersfriends loverscolleaguesacquaintance etc As many as 17058 cases were registered under Crimes against Women while 2565 POCSO Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act cases were slapped during the current year The desperate efforts of CPI Maoist to revive the movement in Telangana are effectively thwarted by the Police and no activities of underground Armed Formations of CPI Maoist are noticed in the State the police said Due to various initiatives year by year the response time for the emergency calls has been brought down from 10 minutes in 2019 to 7 minutes in 2021 the state police said on the overall system PTI GDK BN BN

Hyderabad Dec 23 PTI Telangana on Thursday recorded 177 new COVID-19 cases taking the tally to 680251 while the toll rose to 4018 with one more fatality The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation accounted for the most number of fresh cases with 93 followed by Rangareddy District 16 a health department bulletin said providing details as of 530 PM No Omicron case was reported today The number of recoveries outnumbered fresh cases with 190 people recuperating from the disease taking the cumulative numbers to 672637 Active cases stood at 3596 the bulletin said Over 38000 samples were tested today taking the total number tested so far to 294 crore The samples tested per million population were nearly 791 lakh PTI GDK BN BN

Hyderabad Oct 22 PTI Telangana on Friday recorded 193 fresh COVID-19 cases taking the tally to 6 69932 while the death toll rose to 3944 with one more death Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation accounted for the highest number of cases with 64 followed by Karimnagar with 20 a state government bulletin said providing details during the last 24 hours ending 530 PM today With 196 people being cured total recoveries are at 662025 leaving 3963 active cases Over 42000 samples were tested today and cumulatively over 272 crore samples have been tested Samples tested per million population were over 731 lakh the bulletin said The case fatality and recovery rates were at 058 per cent and 9881 per cent compared to the national average of 13 per cent and 9813 respectively A separate release said over 211 crore people in the state have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine while 84 lakh got their second jab too PTI GDK BN BN

Hyderabad Sep 24 PTI Telangana on Friday logged 239 new COVID-19 cases taking the caseload to 664650 while the death toll rose to 3911 with two more fatalities The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation GHMC accounted for the most number of cases with 68 followed by Karimnagar 17 district a state government bulletin said providing details as of 530 PM today With 336 being cured from the infectious disease the cumulative number of recoveries was 655961 Active cases stood at 4778 It said 50569 samples were tested on Friday and the total number tested till date was over 261 crore The samples tested per million population were over seven lakh The case fatality and recovery rates in the state were at 058 per cent and 9869 per cent compared to 13 per cent and 9775 per cent respectively at the national level PTI GDK BN BN