Hyderabad, April 2 -- The city has been witnessing a rise in the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases over the last week, as the daily count of positive cases in the Greater Hyderabad limits has been steadily increasing.

As per the media bulletin released by the director of public health and family welfare on April 1 and 2, Telangana reported 887 and 965 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 48 hours hours. The fresh infections pushed the state's tally to 3,09,741. On Friday, the bulletin also reported that five more persons had succumbed to the virus, taking the death toll to 1,706. The total number of active cases mounted further to 5,516.

According to local media reports, officials said that the rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in ...