<span style="color: #222222;">Telangana state has crossed the 2.5 lakh mark in COVID cases as 1440 new cases were reported during the past 24 hours. Total COVID cases reported in the state have gone up to 2 lakh 50 thousand 331. The recovery rate is at 91.50 per cent with 1481 more people recovering yesterday. This took the number of recovered people so far in the state to 2 lakh 29 thousand 64. Meanwhile, the daily bulletin issued by the state Medical and Health department this morning stated that total deaths rose to 1377 following 5 more people succumbing during the past 24 hours. Currently the state has about 20 thousand active cases out of which over 17 thousand are in home isolation.</span><br />