Telangana state has reported 299 fresh COVID cases during the past 24 hours. With this, the total cases reported in the state has gone up to over 2 lakh 91 thousand. <br />'' <br />'' The recovery rate improved to 98.02 per cent with 379 more people recovering yesterday. This took the number of recovered people so far in the state to over 2 lakh 85 thousand. <br />'' <br />'' Meanwhile, a total of 1577 deaths have been reported so far, following two more persons succumbing during the past 24 hours.<br />''