Telangana reported 2,083 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day spike so far, touching the two thousand mark for the first time, taking the tally of positive cases in the state to 64,786.
The health officials claimed that the fatality rate in the state is low at 0.81 percent against the national average of 2.18 percent.
According to a media bulletin released on Saturday by the office of the director of public health and family welfare, over 21,000 tests were conducted for a second consecutive day. The position of beds availability in Government, private teaching hospitals combined, and corporate hospitals, which are only meant for severe positive cases, has continued to remain healthy.
While the total number of vacant beds available in Telangana is 15,853 including government and private hospitals, only 6,082 beds are available in State-run hospitals. The total number of beds available in corporate hospitals 2,381, according to Telangana Today.
Beds available for COVID patients in Government Hospitals:
| Beds | Total | Occupied | Vacant |
| Isolation Beds | 2,522 | 790 | 1,732 |
| ICU Beds | 1,251 | 272 | 979 |
| Oxygen Supply Beds | 4,663 | 1,292 | 3,371 |
| Total | 8,436 | 2,354 | 6,082 |
Beds available for COVID patients in Private Hospitals:
| Beds | Total | Occupied | Vacant |
| Isolation Beds | 2,738 | 1,575 | 1,163 |
| ICU Beds | 1,218 | 7,65 | 433 |
| Oxygen Supply Beds | 2,466 | 1,701 | 765 |
| Total | 6,422 | 4,041 | 2,381 |
Meanwhile, India on Saturday reported an increase of 57,118 Covid-19 cases, taking its total caseload to 16,95,988, data from the Union Health Ministry showed. The death toll due to the virus rose to 36,511, with 764 deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of recoveries touched 10,94,374. The country now has nearly 5,65,103 active cases.
Health Ministry data stated the recovery rate to be 64.53 percent, while the fatality rate dropped to 2.15 percent.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a cumulative total of 1,93,58,659 samples have been tested so far, with 5,25,689 being tested on July 31.
Of the 764 deaths reported on Friday, 265 are from Maharashtra, 97 from Tamil Nadu, 84 from Karnataka, 68 from Andhra Pradesh, 45 from West Bengal, 43 from Uttar Pradesh, 27 from Delhi, 23 from Gujarat, 16 from Punjab, 14 each from Bihar and Telangana, 12 from Jammu and Kashmir and 11 from Rajasthan.
