Karnataka witnesses 39,998 fresh Covid cases and 517 related fatalities

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Bengaluru: On Wednesday, Karnataka reported 39,998 fresh Covid-19 cases which have taken the caseload to 20,53,191. The day also witnessed 517 deaths and with this, the death toll has reached 20,368.

There are 5,92,182 active cases and total discharges stood at 14,40,621 which inclusive of 34,752 discharges on Wednesday.

Bengaluru urban reported the highest number of cases in the state with 16,286 infections and 275 related fatalities.
The city has reported 9,99,805 cases and 8,964 deaths till now. Tumakuru comes in second place after Bengaluru with 2,360 cases and 14 deaths.

The health bulletin stated that there were 1,823 infections in Ballari, 1,773 in Mysuru, 1,572 in Hassan, 1,223 in Mandya, 1,138 in Bengaluru Rural, 1,125 in Shivamogga, 1,077 in Dakshina Kannada.

Bagalkote, Belagavi, Chamarajanagar, Chikkaballapura, Chikkamaguluru, Dharwad, Kalaburagi, Kodagu, Kolar, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Vijayapura and Yadgir reported over 500 cases.

According to the health bulletin, 26 deaths were reported in Shivamogga, 23 in Kalaburagi, 19 in Hassan, 17 in Ballari, 14 in Tumakuru, 12 each in Koppal and Bengaluru Rural and 10 each in Haveri, Kodagu and Mandya.

19 other districts also reported deaths.1,34,792 teats were done on Wednesday which included 1,24,232 using RT PCR and other methods.Till now, an aggregate of 2.74 crore tests has been done.