Karnataka witnesses its highest ever single-day recoveries with 58,395 discharges

Bengaluru: On Tuesday, Karnataka recorded its highest ever recoveries with 58,395 discharges. This outnumbered the fresh Covid cases which stood at 30,309.

The state witnessed an increase in the number of deaths with 525. The total number of cases stood at 22,72,374 and the death toll was 22,838. Bengaluru alone reported 8,676 cases on Tuesday. This is a decrease of over 4,600 cases as compared to Monday when the city witnessed 13,338 cases.

Health minister K Sudhakar tweeted, “Karnataka reports the highest-ever single day recovery with 58,395 recoveries on Tuesday. 30,309 cases were reported in the state today and recoveries have outnumbered the new cases. 8,676 new cases were reported in Bengaluru today while 31,795 people recovered.”

An aggregate of 22,72,374 positive cases has been confirmed in the state as of May 18. This includes 22,838 deaths and 16,74,487 discharges. The total number of active cases in the state were 5,75,028. The positivity rate of the state was 32.50 per cent. Whereas, the case fatality rate (CFR) was 1.73 per cent.

Out id the 525 deaths, Bengaluru accounted for 298, Ballari 28, Uttara Kannada 22, Bengaluru rural 19, Hassan 18, Shivamogga and Tumakuru 15, Mysuru 13 followed by others.

Bengaluru urban reported 8,676 new Covid cases, Belagavi 2,118, Mysuru 1,916, Ballari 1,799, Tumakuru 1,562, Bengaluru rural 1,339, Shivamogga 1,168 and Kolar 1,021. Bengaluru urban heat the list of positive cases with 10,73,072 total cases, followed by Mysuru with 1,16,023 and Tumakuru with 84,956.

Bengaluru urban also tops the list of discharges with 7,22,086, followed by Mysuru 1,00,645 and Tumakuru 57,684. Till now, an aggregate of 2,80,70,180 samples has been tested, out of which 93,247 were tested on Tuesday.