<span style="color: #222222;">In Telangana, 661 fresh COVID cases have been reported during the past 24 hours. With this, the total COVID cases reported in the state have gone up to 2 lakh 57 thousand 374 (2,57,374). Over 21 thousand tests were conducted in the state yesterday. <br />''<br />''The recovery rate slightly improved to 93.46 per cent with 1637 more people recovering yesterday. This took the number of recovered people so far in the state to 2 lakh 40 thousand 545 (2,40, 545). Meanwhile, the daily bulletin issued by the state Medical and Health department this morning stated that total deaths reported at 1404 following 3 more people succumbed to COVID and comorbidities during the past 24 hours. Currently the state has over 15 thousand active cases out of which over 12 thousand are in home isolation.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, 167 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Hyderabad during the past 24 hours.</span>