India News | 155 New COVID-19 Cases, 5 Deaths in Karnataka

Bengaluru, Mar 7 (PTI) Karnataka on Monday registered 155 fresh coronavirus cases and 5 fatalities thereby taking the total till date to 39,42,730 and 39,996 respectively.

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There were 349 patients who got discharged pushing the total number of recoveries to 38,99,647, said a bulletin.

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Of the new cases, 97 were from Bengaluru Urban, while there were 169 discharges were the city, there were 3 deaths, the bulletin said.

The total number of active cases across the State was 3,049.

While the positivity rate for the day was 0.47 per cent, the case fatality rate was 3.22 per cent.

Of the five deaths reported today, three are from Bengaluru Urban, followed by one each from Belagavi and Mandya.

After Bengaluru urban, Mysuru recorded the second highest number of cases with 14, followed by seven each from Kalaburagi and Chitradurga, four each from Dakshina Kannada and Shivamogga, followed by others.

Bengaluru Urban district now has 17,79,605 cases, Mysuru 2,29,357 and Tumakuru 1,59,784.

Cumulatively, 6,47,99,038 crore samples were tested, of which 32,458 were examined today.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)