Karnataka on Thursday reported the bottom number of deaths thanks to COVID-19, since the start of the second wave, with 4 fatalities, taking the toll to date because of the pandemic to 37,462, the health department said. The state logged 1,074 new cases of corona infections taking the entire number of cases to this point to 29,59,164.
The day also saw 1,136 discharges, taking the overall recoveries within the state to 29,04,683. “Karnataka records all-time low death tally within the 2nd wave today,” Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar said during a tweet sharing the small print of today’s COVID bulletin.
COVID second wave had begun in Karnataka, during the mid of March.Out of 4 deaths reported on Thursday, 3 are from Bengaluru Urban, and one in Hassan.
Out of 1,074 new cases reported on Thursday, 343 were from Bengaluru Urban, and therefore the city saw 251 discharges.Total number of active cases within the state is at 16,992.
While the positivity rate for the day stood at 0.63 per cent, case deathrate (CFR) was at 0.37 per cent. Among the districts where the new cases were reported, Bengaluru Urban accounted for 343, Dakshina Kannada 176, Udupi 126, Hassan 81, Chikkamagaluru 68, followed by others.
Bengaluru Urban district tops the list of positive cases, with a complete of 12,40,653, followed by Mysuru 1,76,735 and Tumakuru 1,19,567.Among discharges too, Bengaluru Urban tops the list with 12,17,401, followed by Mysuru 1,73,542 and Tumakuru 1,17,813.
Cumulatively a complete of 4,49,07,570 samples are tested within the state to this point, out of which 1,69,448 were tested on Thursday alone.
