Hyderabad, Oct 30 (TIWN) Telangana has reported 1,531 new Covid-19 cases, pushing the state's tally to 2,37,187, while six fresh fatalities took the death toll to 1,330, health officials said on Friday.

The fatality rate remains at 0.56 per cent against the national average of 1.5 per cent.  According to officials, 44.96 per cent of the deaths were due to Covid-19, while 55.04 per cent of deaths were due to comorbidities.  During the last 24 hours that ended 8 p.m. on Thursday, 1,048 people recovered from the virus, taking the total number of recoveries to 2,17,401.  The recovery rate now stands at 91.65 per cent against the national average of 91 per cent.  The state now has 18,456 active cases, of which 15,425 are under home or institutional isolation.  The number of cases in Greater Hyderabad surged again to 293. Its neighbouring districts Medchal Malkajgiri and Rangareddy saw 120 and 114 new cases respectively. Bhadradri Kothagudem (96) witnessed 93 new infections, Khammam 83 and Nalgonda 74.