Hyderabad: The Hyderabad district, which forms a significant part of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation location, for the second day running reported more than 700 brand-new Covid-19 cases.

The GHMC area, according to the department, had 705 cases on Sunday, down from 743 on Saturday.The state health department said Telangana state had 4,009 fresh Coronavirus infection cases on Sunday, below 5,093 on Saturday.

The fall in numbers has little to do with the decrease in infections however more to do with the fewer tests the state performed, in what has now end up being a basic function over weekends.

The total tests on Sunday fell steeply to 83,089 from 1,29,637 the previous day.This did not have any impact on the number of individuals who passed away from Covid-19 with the department reporting yet another day of double-digit deaths.

Fourteen individuals died from the disease in the state on Sunday, the bulletin said.The general Covid-19 toll in the state is 1,838, and the caseload stands at 3,55,433.

Following the GHMC in the variety of cases were Medchal-Malkajgiri with 363, Nizamabad with 360, Ranga Reddy with 336, Sangareddy with 264 cases.

6 other districts-- Kamareddy, Karimnagar, Khammam, Mahbubnagar, Mancherial, Siddipet, Warangal Urban, and Jagtial-- reported more than 100 cases each.The department stated 1,878 individuals were declared recuperated on Sunday, even as it noted 39,154 individuals as 'active cases', that is experiencing Covid-19 illness in the state as on Sunday evening.