Telangana has registered 10 new Covid-19 deaths and 1,891 confirmed cases during the last 24 hours, officials said on Sunday.
The fatalities pushed the death toll to 540, while the overall caseload rose to 66,677. The state on Saturday had recorded the highest-ever spike of 2,083 cases.
According to the director of public health and family welfare, 517 of the new cases were detected in Greater Hyderabad.
Rangareddy and Medchal Malkajgiri, bordering Greater Hyderabad, continued to be the other worst affected districts with 181 and 146 cases respectively.
Sangareddy, another district which shares its border with Greater Hyderabad, reported 111 new infections.
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