<span style="color: #222222;">Telangana reports 862 fresh COVID cases during the past 24 hours. With this the total COVID cases reported in the state has gone up to 2 lakh 66 thousand 904 (2,66,904). Over 41 thousand tests were conducted yesterday.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The recovery rate slightly improved to 95.41 per cent with 961 more people recovering yesterday. This took the number of recovered people so far in the state to 2 lakh 54 thousand 676 (2,54,676). Meanwhile, the daily bulletin issued by the state Medical and Health department this morning stated that total 1444 deaths reported so far following 3 more people succumbed to COVID and comorbidities during the past 24 hours.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Currently the state has over 10 thousand active cases out of which over 8 thousand are in home isolation. Meanwhile, 164 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Hyderabad during the past 24 hours while Medchal Malkajgiri, Khammam, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Rangareddy, Karimnagar and Nalgonda districts are among those which reported a considerably high number of COVID-19 cases during the same time.</span><br />''  <br />