Karnataka witnesses 29,438 fresh cases and 208 deaths, surpasses 13 lakh mark

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Bengaluru: On Saturday, Karnataka surpassed the 13 lakh mark of infections since the beginning of Covid with the highest single-day spike of 29,438 infections and 208 deaths which took the total fatalities to 14,283.

Friday witnessed the highest single-day infection with 26, 962 fresh cases. Now the state has 2,34,483 active cases including 1,280 in the ICU.

As per the health bulletin, an aggregate of 10,55,612 people was discharged including 9,058 today.

Bengaluru Urban district witnessed 17,342 infections, 149 deaths and 1,62,171 active cases. As many as 4,646 people were discharged on Saturday.

Tumakuru reported 1,559 infections and three fatalities, Hassan had 823 cases, Kalaburagi had 791, Ballari had 731, Mandya had 688, Bengaluru Rural had 684, Mysuru had 536, Dakshina Kannada had 517, Chikkaballapura had 506 and Raichur had 497.

Bagalkote, Belagavi, Bidar, Chamarajanagar, Chikkamagaluru, Chitradurga, Davangere, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri, Kodagu, Kolar, Koppal, Ramanagar, Shivamogga, Udupi, Yadgir, Vijayapura and Uttara Kannada also reported cases.

The health department said eight fatalities were reported in Kalaburagi, six in Kolar, five in Dharwad, four in Mysuru, three each in Ballari, Bengaluru rural, Haveri, Mandya and Shivamogga, two each in Dakshina Kannada, Davangere, Hassan, Kodagu, Raichur, Uttara Kannada and Vijayapura.

The state also increased the RT PCR testing with the surge in cases.

On Saturday, 1,89,613 tests were done including 1,73,400 using RT PCR and other methods. The total tests taken till now is 2.45 crore.

Cumulatively, the state has done 85,63,208 vaccinations till now.