<span style="color: #222222;">Telangana reported 1,196 fresh COVID cases during the past 24 hours. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">With this, the total COVID cases reported in the state has gone up to two lakh 53 thousand 651. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The state conducted over 44 thousand tests yesterday. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The recovery rate slightly improved to 92.34 per cent with 1,745 more people recovering yesterday. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">This took the number of recovered people so far in the state to two lakh 34 thousand 234. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The daily bulletin issued by the State Medical and Health Department stated that death toll rose to 1,390 following five more people succumbing to COVID and comorbidities during the past 24 hours. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Currently, the state has over 18 thousand active cases out of which over 15 thousand are in home isolation.     </span><br />'' <br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, 192 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Hyderabad while Medchal Malkajgiri, Rangareddy reported over 100 each.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Nalgonda, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Khammam, Karimnagar districts are among those reported with a considerably high number of COVID cases each during the same period.</span><br />