<span style="color: #222222;">Telangana today reported 1718 fresh COVID -19 cases during the past 24 hours taking the number of cases reported so far in the state to one lakh 97 thousand 327 (1,97,327). The state conducted over 49 thousand tests yesterday. The recovery rate also improved to 85.05 per cent with 2002 more people recovering yesterday. This took the number of recovered people so far in the state to 1 lakh 67 thousand 846 (1,67,846).</span>