Karnataka has once again registered a surge in the number of Covid cases with a fresh daily count of around 49,000 on Wednesday. In the last 24 hours, the southern state recorded 48,905 new cases, up from 7,500 on Tuesday, when the daily count stood at 41,400.
Today, the state reported 39 deaths, taking the death toll to 38,705.
The state had recorded a decline of 41,400 in daily cases on Tuesday. There were 41,699 discharges, taking the total number of cured people to 32,57,769.
Bengaluru Urban reported the highest number of cases at 22,427. The total number of active cases across the state now stands at 3,57,909. While the positivity rate for the day stood at 22.5%, the case fatality rate stood at 0.07%.
Of the 39 deaths, 8 are from Bengaluru Urban, Dakshina Kannada and Hassan (4), Mysuru (3), Chikkaballapura, Kalaburagi, Mandya, Ramanagara and Uttara Kannada (2), followed by others.
Apart from Bengaluru Urban, Mysuru reported the second highest number of cases with 2,797 new cases, followed by Tumakuru 2,645, Mandya 2,186 and Hassan 2,016.
Bengaluru Urban district now has a total of 16,48,758 cases, Mysuru 2,11,426 and Tumakuru 1,48,223. According to the bulletin, Bengaluru Urban tops the list with 14,16,078 discharges, followed by Mysuru at 1,92,638 and Tumakuru at 1,32,026.
With inputs from PTI
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