<span style="color: #222222;">In Telangana, 1,539 new cases of COVID -19 were reported during the past 24 hours. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">With this, the total COVID cases in the state went up to two lakh 45 thousand 682. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The state conducted over 44 thousand tests on Wednesday. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The recovery rate was reported at 91.85 per cent with 978 more people recovering on Wednesday. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">This took the number of recovered people so far in the state to two lakh 25 thousand 664. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The daily bulletin issued by the State Medical and Health Department stated that total deaths rose to 1,362 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 />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, 285 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Hyderabad while Ranga Reddy and Medchal Malkajgiri districts reported over hundred new cases during the past 24 hours. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Bhadradri Kothagudem, Khammam, Karimnagar and Nalgonda districts reported considerably high number of COVID cases each during the same period.</span><br />