On Thursday, Karnataka had 298 new covid-19 infections, up from the 260 cases it had the day before. Compared to one death recorded on Wednesday, the state reported 4 deaths linked to viruses. Additionally, on Thursday, the state’s optimism rate increased somewhat from 3.46% to 3.82%.
172 of the 298 new cases were from Bengaluru alone, accounting for 704 active cases in the IT hub according to health department’s daily report. The number of active cases in the southern state was 1240 after 229 recoveries. The entire covid tally for Karnataka was 40.92 lakhs.
19 cases were from Hassan, 18 from Mysuru, 11 from Dakshina Kannada among the districts. Chamarajanagara reported eight new cases, while Ballari and Koppala each reported six new illnesses. Chikkamagaluru, Vijayanagara, and Tumakuru each witnessed 5 cases. There are now only four districts remaining without any new cases, down from 9 on Wednesday.
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Two of the four deaths were reported from the Bengaluru urban region, while one each was recorded from Mysuru and Dharwad.
Testing and Hospitalizations
The state analyzed a total of 7791 samples of which 6900 underwent RT-PCR testing and 891 underwent Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT’s). The state’ case fatality rate increased to 1.34%.
72 hospitalizations were recorded out of the 1240 current cases in the state, with 1168 of those patients being isolated at home. Twelve patients in the ICU, three of whom were on ventilators, and about sixty patients receiving treatment in the main wards, some of whom need oxygen assistance.
