Telangana Covid-19 tally crosses 75K, 600 deaths

Hyderabad, Aug 7 (IANS) Telangana reported a further spurt in Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours. The state reported 2,207 cases on Friday, up 195 cases in comparison to the 2,092 cases reported Thursday. The latest updates take the overall tally to 75,257 even as the death toll climbed by 12 totalling 601 deaths at 8 p.m. on Thursday.With 23,495 tests conducted on Thursday, the cumulative numbers have touched 5,66,984, state health officials said.As per the health department's media bulletin, results of 1,539 samples are awaited.To the date, 39 government and private laboratories are conducting RT-PCR/CBNAAT/TRUENAT types of tests while 320 government-run centres are conducting rapid antigen tests. However, no breakup of the types of tests was made available by the health department.The case fatality rate in the state hovered at 0.79 per cent, well below the national average of 2.07 per cent. While 46.13 per cent of deaths were attributed to Covid-19, of 601 fatalities so far, 53.87 per cent suffered comorbidities.1,136 recoveries were documented in the past 24 hours taking the recovery rate to 70.7 compared to 71.3 per cent in the previous one day cycle. With this 53,239 people have so far recovered from Covid-19.As of Thursday evening, the number of active cases stood at 21,417. This includes 14,837 persons in home/institutional isolation. Roughly 84 per cent of those under ho be glued to the television. I think it could be a win-win situation whoever decides to take up the offer," Kakkar told IANS.Another market expert said that it would be very surprising if Jio does come in and that could be more to do with the good terms the owners share with the BCCI."See, Jio is already a brand that is individually associated with the eight teams. Why would it further want to get into the title sponsorship game? If they do, that would be more to do with the relationship they share with the BCCI. Also, as per statistics, they have been one of the most prominent brands in the IPL window ever since they associated themselves with the eight teams. "But then, you can never rule Jio out as the telecom industry has the capability if it wishes to. I would term them as the dark horse. For me, the favourites would be between an e-learning brand or an e-commerce one," the expert said.
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