In Telangana, surge in the number of COVID-19 cases being recorded every day continued with the recording of 2,932 new cases on a single day yesterday. As per the daily bulletin issued by the State Medical and Health Department, 2,932 persons tested positive for Corona virus on conduction of about 62 thousand tests during the past 24 hours. With this, the number of total COVID -19 cases reported so far in the state increased to one lakh 17 thousand 415. During the same period, 1,580 more COVID-19 patients recovered and discharged from various Hospitals in the state. The recovery rate in the state stands at 74.6 per cent and total 87 thousand 675 people have recovered from COVID so far. Eleven people died yesterday due to COVID and other comorbidities taking the total toll to 799.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, where COVID-19 prevalence was more, reported 520 fresh COVID cases during the past 24 hours while Rangareddy and Medchal Malkajgiri districts reported above 200 new cases of COVID. Several districts including Nalgonda, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Khammam and Suryapet districts reported above 100 COVID cases each during the past 24 hours.<br />''<span style="color: #222222;"><br />''AIR correspondent reports that the state recovery rate has come down from above 76 per cent to 74.6 per cent due to increasing fresh cases. The recovery rate was reported above the national average till a few days ago. Now, the state recovery rate stands at 74.6 per cent against the national recovery rate of 76.3 per cent.</span><br />