<span style="color: #222222;">Telangana continues to witness a spike in COVID-19 with 1,213 fresh cases reported yesterday on a single day. This takes the overall COVID-19 cases in the state to 18,570. Recoveries also are on rise with 987 patients being discharged yesterday, taking recovered cases to 9 thousand 69. Presently, little over 9 thousand 226 people are under treatment at various hospitals in the state. A report:<br />''<br />''Out of the 1213 fresh cases reported yesterday, 998 cases reported from the Hyderabad municipality area while Medchal Malkajgiri district reported 54 and Rangareddy district accounted for 48 new cases. Khammam reported 18 fresh cases while Warangal Rural district reported 10 new cases. Over 20 other districts reported cases in single digits.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, 8 more died, taking the total deaths relating to COVID 19 and other co-morbidities in the state to 275. During the past 24 hours, the state tested 5356 samples taking the total testing numbers to 98 thousand 153. </span><br />