<span style="color: #222222;">In Telangana state, COVID-19 cases have reached close to 55 thousand with 1593 new Coronavirus positive cases reported. <br />''<br />''As the latest official bulletin by the state Medical and Health department indicates, 998 people have recovered from COVID taking the rate of recoveries in the state to over 98 per cent. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation area is accounting for the maximum number of COVID cases even as the virus spread among districts and rural areas increased off late. Our Correspondent says, the government is now focussing on increasing tests in districts and revamping testing capacities at the district and area hospitals.</span><br />