Telangana state reported 298 fresh COVID cases during the past 24 hours. With this, the total COVID cases reported in the state has gone up to over 2 lakh 89 thousand.  <br />''<br />''The recovery rate is reported at 97.79 per cent with 474 more people recovering yesterday. This took the number of recovered people so far in the state to over 2 lakh 83 thousand. A total of 1563 deaths have been reported so far, following two more persons succumbing during the past 24 hours.<br />''<br />''<br />