Telangana recorded 2,256 new COVID-19 cases and 14 fatalities during the past 24 hours, taking the overall toll to 615. With this, the number of total COVID cases reported in the state has gone up to 77,513. Currently, the number of active cases in the state is at 22,568. Meanwhile, 1,091 persons recovered, pushing the overall number of recoveries in the state to 54,330 with a recovery rate of little over 70 per cent.<br />''   <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">As per the State Medical and Health bulletin, out of the 22,568 active COVID patients, nearly 16 thousand are under home isolation over six thousand cases are in institutional care.</span><br />