COVID-19 pandemic in Telangana

The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in India was reported on 30 January 2020, originating from China. Slowly, the pandemic spread to various states and union territories including the state of Telangana. The first case was recorded in this region on 2 March from a man who had travel history with the UAE.[1]

COVID-19 pandemic in Telengana
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	Telengana, India
First outbreak	Wuhan, Hubei, China
Index case	Hyderabad
Arrival date	2 March 2020 (5 months, 1 week and 6 days)[1]
Confirmed cases	88,396 (13 August 2020)
Active cases	23,438
Recovered	64,284 (13 August 2020)
Deaths	674 (13 August 2020)
Fatality rate	0.76%
Government website
covid19.telangana.gov.in

High Positivity Rate:

Positivity Rate can be loosely defined as the number of patients turning positive for coronavirus upon testing per every 100 suspects. This rate can be calculated either on a daily basis or on a cumulative basis on the total number of tests conducted. In this parameter, Telangana state fares as one of the worst performing state in India with very high positivity rate.

As per the health bulletin issued by Government of Telangana on June 30, Telangana state claims to have conducted a cumulative number of 88563 tests of which, 16339 tested positive. The overall positivity rate comes to 18.44% (applicable for up to June 30). It needs to be noted that for a long time, the Telangana state did not publicly disclose the daily number of tests it was conducting daily that drew the ire of the High Court.[2] Hence, the cumulative number of tests cannot be corroborated.

The daily positivity rate for number of tests conducted by Telangana state on June 30 comes to 27.33%. On 30 June, the Telangana state conducted 3457 tests, out of which the positive cases were 945.

Timeline

Below is the cases timeline of Telangana:

COVID-19 cases in Telangana, India  ()      Deaths        Recoveries        Active cases Mar 2–31 Mar 2–31 Apr 1–30 Apr 1–30 May 1–31 May 1–31 Jun 1–30 Jun 1–30 Jul 1–24 Jul 1–24 Last 21 days Last 21 days
Date			# of cases	# of deaths
2020-03-02			1(n.a.)
⋮			1(=)
2020-03-14		​	2(+100%)
2020-03-15		​	3(+50%)
2020-03-16		​	4(+33%)
2020-03-17		​	5(+25%)
2020-03-18		​	13(+160%)
2020-03-19		​	16(+23%)
2020-03-20		​	19(+19%)
2020-03-21		​	21(+11%)
2020-03-22		​	27(+29%)
2020-03-23		​	33(+22%)
2020-03-24		​	39(+18%)
2020-03-25		​	41(+5.1%)
2020-03-26		​	45(+9.8%)
2020-03-27		​	59(+31%)
2020-03-28		​	67(+14%)	1(n.a.)
2020-03-29		​	67(=)	1(=)
2020-03-30		​ ​	75(+12%)	2(+100%)
2020-03-31		​ ​	89(+19%)	6(+200%)
2020-04-01		​ ​	89(=)	6(=)
2020-04-02		​ ​	89(=)	6(=)
2020-04-03		​ ​	185(+108%)	6(=)
2020-04-04		​ ​ ​	228(+23%)	6(=)
2020-04-05		​ ​ ​	315(+38%)	6(=)
2020-04-06		​ ​ ​	353(+12%)	6(=)
2020-04-07		​ ​ ​	393(+11%)	6(=)
2020-04-08		​ ​ ​	442(+12%)	6(=)
2020-04-09		​ ​ ​	459(+3.8%)	6(=)
2020-04-10		​ ​ ​	475(+3.5%)	6(=)
2020-04-11		​ ​ ​	503(+5.9%)	14(+133%)
2020-04-12		​ ​ ​	531(+5.6%)	16(+14%)
2020-04-13		​ ​ ​	592(+11%)	17(+6.2%)
2020-04-14		​ ​ ​	644(+8.8%)	18(+5.9%)
2020-04-15		​ ​ ​	650(+0.93%)	18(=)
2020-04-16		​ ​ ​	700(+7.7%)	18(=)
2020-04-17		​ ​ ​	766(+9.4%)	18(=)
2020-04-18		​ ​ ​	809(+5.6%)	18(=)
2020-04-20		​ ​ ​	872(+7.8%)	23(+28%)
2020-04-21		​ ​ ​	928(+6.4%)	23(=)
2020-04-22		​ ​ ​	943(+1.6%)	24(+4.3%)
2020-04-23		​ ​ ​	970(+2.9%)	25(+4.2%)
2020-04-24		​ ​ ​	984(+1.4%)	26(+4%)
2020-04-25		​ ​ ​	990(+0.61%)	26(=)
2020-04-26		​ ​ ​	1,001(+1.1%)	26(=)
2020-04-27		​ ​ ​	1,003(+0.2%)	26(=)
2020-04-28		​ ​ ​	1,009(+0.6%)	26(=)
2020-04-29		​ ​ ​	1,016(+0.69%)	26(=)
2020-04-30		​ ​ ​	1,038(+2.2%)	28(+7.7%)
2020-05-01		​ ​ ​	1,044(+0.58%)	28(=)
2020-05-02		​ ​ ​	1,061(+1.6%)	29(+3.6%)
2020-05-03		​ ​ ​	1,082(+2%)	29(=)
2020-05-04		​ ​ ​	1,085(+0.28%)	29(=)
2020-05-05		​ ​ ​	1,096(+1%)	29(=)
2020-05-06		​ ​ ​	1,107(+1%)	29(=)
2020-05-07		​ ​ ​	1,122(+1.4%)	29(=)
2020-05-08		​ ​ ​	1,132(+0.89%)	29(=)
2020-05-09		​ ​ ​	1,163(+2.7%)	30(+3.4%)
2020-05-10		​ ​ ​	1,196(+2.8%)	30(=)
2020-05-11		​ ​ ​	1,275(+6.6%)	30(=)
2020-05-12		​ ​ ​	1,326(+4%)	32(+6.7%)
2020-05-13		​ ​ ​	1,367(+3.1%)	34(+6.2%)
2020-05-14		​ ​ ​	1,414(+3.4%)	34(=)
2020-05-15		​ ​ ​	1,454(+2.8%)	34(=)
2020-05-16		​ ​ ​	1,509(+3.8%)	34(=)
2020-05-17		​ ​ ​	1,551(+2.8%)	34(=)
2020-05-18		​ ​ ​	1,592(+2.6%)	34(=)
2020-05-19		​ ​ ​	1,634(+2.6%)	38(+12%)
2020-05-20		​ ​ ​	1,661(+1.7%)	40(+5.3%)
2020-05-21		​ ​ ​	1,699(+2.3%)	45(+12%)
2020-05-22		​ ​ ​	1,761(+3.6%)	48(+6.7%)
2020-05-23		​ ​ ​	1,813(+3%)	49(+2.1%)
2020-05-24		​ ​ ​	1,854(+2.3%)	53(+8.2%)
2020-05-25		​ ​ ​	1,920(+3.6%)	56(+5.7%)
2020-05-26		​ ​ ​	1,991(+3.7%)	57(+1.8%)
2020-05-27		​ ​ ​	2,098(+5.4%)	63(+11%)
2020-05-28		​ ​ ​	2,256(+7.5%)	67(+6.3%)
2020-05-29		​ ​ ​	2,425(+7.5%)	71(+6%)
2020-05-30		​ ​ ​	2,499(+3.1%)	77(+8.5%)
2020-05-31		​ ​ ​	2,698(+8%)	82(+6.5%)
2020-06-01		​ ​ ​	2,792(+3.5%)	88(+7.3%)
2020-06-02		​ ​ ​	2,891(+3.5%)	92(+4.5%)
2020-06-03		​ ​ ​	3,020(+4.5%)	99(+7.6%)
2020-06-04		​ ​ ​	3,147(+4.2%)	105(+6.1%)
2020-06-05		​ ​ ​	3,290(+4.5%)	113(+7.6%)
2020-06-06		​ ​ ​	3,496(+6.3%)	123(+8.8%)
2020-06-07		​ ​ ​	3,650(+4.4%)	137(+11%)
2020-06-09		​ ​ ​	3,920(+7.4%)	148(+8%)
2020-06-10		​ ​ ​	4,111(+4.9%)	156(+5.4%)
2020-06-11		​ ​ ​	4,320(+5.1%)	165(+5.8%)
2020-06-12		​ ​ ​	4,484(+3.8%)	174(+5.5%)
2020-06-13		​ ​ ​	4,737(+5.6%)	182(+4.6%)
2020-06-14		​ ​ ​	4,974(+5%)	185(+1.6%)
2020-06-15		​ ​ ​	5,193(+4.4%)	187(+1.1%)
2020-06-16		​ ​ ​	5,406(+4.1%)	191(+2.1%)
2020-06-17		​ ​ ​	5,675(+5%)	192(+0.52%)
2020-06-18		​ ​ ​	6,027(+6.2%)	195(+1.6%)
2020-06-19		​ ​ ​	6,526(+8.3%)	198(+1.5%)
2020-06-20		​ ​ ​	7,072(+8.4%)	203(+2.5%)
2020-06-21		​ ​ ​	7,802(+10%)	210(+3.4%)
2020-06-22		​ ​ ​	8,674(+11%)	217(+3.3%)
2020-06-23		​ ​ ​	9,553(+10%)	220(+1.4%)
2020-06-24		​ ​ ​	10,444(+9.3%)	225(+2.3%)
2020-06-25		​ ​ ​	11,364(+8.8%)	230(+2.2%)
2020-06-26		​ ​ ​	12,349(+8.7%)	237(+3%)
2020-06-27		​ ​ ​	13,436(+8.8%)	243(+2.5%)
2020-06-28		​ ​ ​	14,419(+7.3%)	247(+1.6%)
2020-06-29		​ ​ ​	15,394(+6.8%)	253(+2.4%)
2020-06-30		​ ​ ​	16,339(+6.1%)	260(+2.8%)
2020-07-01		​ ​ ​	17,357(+6.2%)	267(+2.7%)
2020-07-02		​ ​ ​	18,570(+7%)	275(+3%)
2020-07-03		​ ​ ​	20,462(+10%)	283(+2.9%)
2020-07-04		​ ​ ​	22,312(+9%)	288(+1.8%)
2020-07-05		​ ​ ​	23,902(+7.1%)	295(+2.4%)
2020-07-06		​ ​ ​	25,733(+7.7%)	306(+3.7%)
2020-07-07		​ ​ ​	27,612(+7.3%)	313(+2.3%)
2020-07-08		​ ​ ​	29,536(+7%)	324(+3.5%)
2020-07-09		​ ​ ​	30,946(+4.8%)	331(+2.2%)
2020-07-10		​ ​ ​	32,224(+4.1%)	339(+2.4%)
2020-07-11		​ ​ ​	33,402(+3.7%)	348(+2.7%)
2020-07-12		​ ​ ​	34,671(+3.8%)	356(+2.3%)
2020-07-13		​ ​ ​	36,221(+4.5%)	365(+2.5%)
2020-07-14		​ ​ ​	37,745(+4.2%)	375(+2.7%)
2020-07-15		​ ​ ​	39,342(+4.2%)	386(+2.9%)
2020-07-16		​ ​ ​	41,018(+4.3%)	396(+2.6%)
2020-07-17		​ ​ ​	42,496(+3.6%)	403(+1.8%)
2020-07-18		​ ​ ​	43,780(+3%)	409(+1.5%)
2020-07-19		​ ​ ​	45,076(+3%)	415(+1.5%)
2020-07-20		​ ​ ​	46,274(+2.7%)	422(+1.7%)
2020-07-21		​ ​ ​	47,705(+3.1%)	429(+1.7%)
2020-07-22		​ ​ ​	49,259(+3.3%)	438(+2.1%)
2020-07-23		​ ​ ​	50,826(+3.2%)	447(+2.1%)
2020-07-24		​ ​ ​	52,466(+3.2%)	455(+1.8%)
2020-07-25		​ ​ ​	54,059(+3%)	463(+1.8%)
2020-07-26		​ ​ ​	55,532(+2.7%)	471(+1.7%)
2020-07-27		​ ​ ​	57,142(+2.9%)	480(+1.9%)
2020-07-28		​ ​ ​	58,906(+3.1%)	492(+2.5%)
2020-07-29		​ ​ ​	60,717(+3.1%)	505(+2.6%)
2020-07-30		​ ​ ​	62,703(+3.3%)	519(+2.8%)
2020-07-31		​ ​ ​	64,786(+3.3%)	530(+2.1%)
2020-08-01		​ ​ ​	66,677(+2.9%)	540(+1.9%)
2020-08-02		​ ​ ​	67,660(+1.5%)	551(+2%)
2020-08-03		​ ​ ​	68,946(+1.9%)	563(+2.2%)
2020-08-04		​ ​ ​	70,958(+2.9%)	576(+2.3%)
2020-08-05		​ ​ ​	73,050(+2.9%)	589(+2.3%)
2020-08-06		​ ​ ​	75,257(+3%)	601(+2%)
2020-08-07		​ ​ ​	77,513(+3%)	615(+2.3%)
2020-08-08		​ ​ ​	79,495(+2.6%)	627(+2%)
2020-08-09		​ ​ ​	80,751(+1.6%)	637(+1.6%)
2020-08-10		​ ​ ​	82,647(+2.3%)	645(+1.3%)
2020-08-11		​ ​ ​	84,544(+2.3%)	654(+1.4%)
2020-08-12		​ ​ ​	86,475(+2.3%)	665(+1.7%)
2020-08-13		​ ​ ​	88,396(+2.2%)	674(+1.4%)
2020-08-14		​ ​ ​	90,259(+2.1%)	684(+1.5%)

May 2020

• As on 16 May, total number of cases in Telangana is 1,813, including 696 active cases, 1,068 recoveries, and 49 deaths.[3] The capital city of Hyderabad has recorded the maximum number of cases (more than 1000).

June 2020

• As on 7 June, total number of cases in Telangana was 3650, including 1771 active cases 137 deaths and 1742 recoveries.[3]
• As on 22 June, total number of cases in Telangana was 8674, including 4452 active cases 217 deaths and 4005 cures.[3]
• On 23 July, the total number of cases in Telangana crossed the grim milestone of 10000 cases.[4]
• As on 26 June, total number of cases was 11364, including 6446 active cases 230 deaths and 4688 cures.[3]

July 2020

• As on 6 July, total number of cases in Telangana was 25733, including 10646 active cases 306 deaths and 14781 recoveries.[3]
• As on 15 July, total number of cases was 39342, including 12957 active cases 386 deaths and 25999 recoveries.[3]
• As on 17 July, total number of cases was 42496, including 13388 active cases 403 fatalities and 28705 recoveries.[3]
• On 23 July, the total number of cases in Telangana crossed the grim milestone of 50000.[5]
• As on 27 July, total number of cases was 54059, including 12264 active cases 463 deaths and 41332 recoveries.[3]
• As on 29 July, total number of cases was 60717, including 15640 active cases 505 deaths and 44572 recoveries.[6]
• As on 30 July, total number of cases was 62703, including 16796 active cases 519 deaths and 45388 recoveries.[7]
• As on 31 July, total number of cases was 64786, including 17754 active cases 530 deaths and 46502 recoveries.

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Aug 2020

Date	Total Cases	Active Cases	Total Deaths	Total Recoveries
01 August 2020	66,677	18,547	540	47,590
02 August 2020	67,660	18,500	551	48,609
03 August 2020	68,946	18,708	563	49,675
04 August 2020	70,958	19,568	576	50,814
05 August 2020	73,050	20,358	589	52,103
06 August 2020	75,257	21,417	601	53,239
07 August 2020	77,513	22,568	615	54,330
08 August 2020	79,495	22,869	627	55,999
09 August 2020	80,751	22,528	637	57,586
10 August 2020	82,647	22,628	645	59,374
11 August 2020	84,544	22,596	654	61,294
12 August 2020	86,475	22,736	665	63,074
13 August 2020	88,396	23,438	674	64,284
14 August 2020	90,259	23,379	684	66,196

Testing

As per Telangana government media bulletin dated 31-Jul-2020, number of testing facilities in the state are as below.

Type	Government	Private
RT-PCR/CBNAAT/TRUENAT	16	23
Rapid Antigen Testing Centers	320

Status of Tests in the state is as below.[9]

Date	No of Samples tested	Cumulative	Reports Awaited
23 July 2020		3,22,326
24 July 2020	15,445	3,37,771
25 July 2020	15,654	3,53,425
26 July 2020	9,817	3,63,242
27 July 2020	15,839	3,79,081	809
28 July 2020	18,858	3,97,939	788
30 July 2020	21,380	4,37,582	1,216
31 July 2020	21,011	4,58,593	883
01 August 2020	19,202	4,77,795	1,656
02 August 2020	9,443	4,87,238	1,414
03 August 2020	13,787	5,01,025	919
04 August 2020	21,118	5,22,143	1,167
05 August 2020	21,346	5,43,489	1,550
06 August 2020	23,495	5,66,984	1,539
07 August 2020	23,322	5,90,306	1,596
08 August 2020	22,925	6,13,231	1,509
09 August 2020	11,609	6,24,840	1,700
10 August 2020	18,035	6,42,875	959
11 August 2020	22,972	6,65,847	1,221
12 August 2020	23,303	6,89,150	706
13 August 2020	22,046	7,11,196	1151
14 August 2020	21,239	7,32,435	664

Summary of test results

Samples tested	711,196
Positive	88,396
Positive %	12.43%
Tests per million people [note 1]	35,894
As of 14 August 2020

Response

As on 27 July, more than 60% of COVID-19 victims of the state had been buried in a single graveyard named Faqeer Mullah Kabristan on the outskirts of Hyderabad.[11]

See also

• COVID-19 pandemic in India
• COVID-19 pandemic

Notes

1. Population based on 2019 estimates from National Health Mission [10]

References

1. "First confirmed Covid-19 case detected in Hyderabad; condition of man stable: Telangana minister". Republic World. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
2. "Why are you hiding Covid data from citizens, HC questions govt". Times of India.
3. "MoHFW-GOI". Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
4. "COVID cases cross 10,000 mark in Telangana". The Hindu. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
5. "COVID cases cross 50,000 mark in Telangana". The Hindu. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
6. https://www.thehansindia.com/telangana/telangana-touch-60000-mark-with-1811-fresh-coronavirus-case-636386
7. https://www.thehansindia.com/telangana/telangana-reports-1986-fresh-coronavirus-cases-14-deaths-in-a-single-day-636607
8. https://covid19.telangana.gov.in/announcements/media-bulletins/
9. https://covid19.telangana.gov.in/
10. "Report_Population_Projection_2019.pdf" (PDF).
11. https://web.archive.org/web/20200729182500/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/of-471-t-deaths-60-virus-burials-at-1-graveyard-alone/articleshow/77209324.cms