Bengaluru: On Thursday, Karnataka witnessed 18,324 fresh Covid cases. With this, the positivity rate for the day stood at 12.2%. Out of the total cases, Bengaluru accounted for 3,533 cases, followed by Hassan with 2,078 and Mysuru with 1,573 cases.
The state surpassed the 3 crore mark in tests with more than 1.5 lakh tests in 24 hours. On Thursday, there were 514 Covid deaths out of which 347 were logged from Bengaluru.
As of 3:30 pm on Thursday, the state has vaccinated 1.8 lakh people. This included 1.1 lake persons in the age group of 18-44 years getting their first dose.
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