<span style="color: #222222;">Telangana state reported 682 fresh COVID cases during the past 24 hours. With this the total COVID cases reported in the state has gone up to 2 lakh 74 thousand 540 (2,74,540). The state conducted over 55 thousand tests yesterday.<br />''<br />''The recovery rate slightly improved to 96.65 per cent with 761 more people recovering yesterday. This took the number of recovered people so far in the state to 2 lakh 65 thousand 367 (2,65,367).<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, the daily bulletin issued by the state Medical and Health department this morning stated that total 1477 deaths reported so far following three more persons succumbed to COVID and comorbidities during the past 24 hours.<br />''<br />''Currently the state has over 7 thousand active cases out of which over 5 thousand 6 hundred are in home isolation. Meanwhile, 119 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Hyderabad during the past 24 hours while Medchal Malkajgiri, Rangareddy, Khammam, Karimnagar, Bhadradri Kothagudem, and Nalgonda districts are among those which reported a considerably high number of COVID-19 cases during the same time.</span><br />