In Telangana, 1481 new cases of COVID -19 have been reported during the past 24 hours. With this, the total COVID cases in the state went up 2 lakh 34 thousand 152 . The state conducted over 40 thousand tests yesterday.<br />'' <br />''The recovery rate has marginally improved to 91.78 per cent with 1451 more people recovering yesterday. This took the number of recovered people so far in the state to 2 lakh 14 thousand 917. Total deaths rose to 1319 following 4 more people succumbing during the past 24 hours. Currently the state has over 17 thousand active cases out of which over 14 thousand are in home isolation.<br />''<br />