Karnataka records 7,955 new Covid-19 cases, 49 deaths

Bengaluru: Karnataka registered 7,955 new Covid-19 cases and 46 related fatalities. The health department affirmed that this has taken the total number of infections to 10.48 lakh and the toll to 12,813.

Out of the 7,955 fresh cases recorded on Friday, Bengaluru Urban alone registered 5,576 cases. The day also witnessed 3,220 patients getting discharged after recovery.

The state has confirmed an aggregate of 10,48,085 Covid cases. This includes 12,813 deaths and 9,77,169 discharges,  the health department said.

Out of 58,084 active cases, 57,706 patients are stable and in isolation in designated hospitals. 378 people are in Intensive Care Units.

On Friday, Bengaluru Urban witnessed 29 deaths, Mysuru had 5, Belagavi and Kalaburagi 2 each, and one each from Ballari, Bengaluru rural, Bidar, Chikkaballapura, Chitradurga, Dharwad, Mandy and Uttara Kannada.

The districts which recorded new cases are Bengaluru Urban 5,576, Mysuru 283, Kalaburagi 211, Bidar 186, Hassan 156, Tumakuru 145, Vijayapura 127, Chikkaballapura 119, Dakshina Kannada 115, followed by others.

Bengaluru Urban district topped the list of positive cases with a total of 4,70,014, followed by Mysuru 57,668 and Ballari 40,395.

Bengaluru Urban witnessed 4,22,719 discharges, followed by Mysuru 54,911 and Ballari 39,168.

2,24,58,762 total samples have been tested so far out of which 1,35,163 were on Friday alone.