Hyderabad, Dec. 3 -- Telangana saw 609 fresh Coronavirus cases until 2000 hours on Wednesday pushing the aggregate cases to 2,71,492 so far.

Three more COVID-19 deaths were reported in the past 24 hours taking the state's toll to 1,465 till date translating into a case recovery rate of 0.53 per cent as against the countrywide mortality rate of 1.5 per cent, a state health department bulletin said on Thursday.

As many as 873 persons have recuperated from Coronavirus between Tuesday and Wednesday pushing the total recoveries in the state so far to 2,61,028 constituting a recovery rate of 96.14 per cent while the National recovery rate was 94.1 per cent.

The state now has 8,999 active cases including 6,922 individuals in home or institution...