India News | 522 Fresh COVID-19 Cases, Four Deaths in Karnataka
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Karnataka reported 522 fresh COVID-19 cases and four related deaths, taking the infection count and toll to 9,39,387 and 12,217 respectively on Sunday, the Health department said.
Bengaluru, Jan 31 (PTI) Karnataka reported 522 fresh COVID-19 cases and four related deaths, taking the infection count and toll to 9,39,387 and 12,217 respectively on Sunday, the Health department said.
The day also saw 465 patients being discharged after recovery, leaving 6,029 active cases.
Cumulatively 9,39,387 positive cases have been confirmed in the state and this includes 12,217 deaths and 9,21,122 discharges, the health department said in its bulletin.
Of the active cases, as many as 145 patients are in Intensive Care Units of various hospitals, it said
Of the four fresh deaths reported today, three were from Bengaluru Urban and one from Dharward.
Bengaluru Urban district accounted for 242 of the fresh cases reported on Tuesday
It was followed by Mysuru 53, Dakshina Kannada 33, Tumakuru 23, Kalaburagi 18, 17 each in Chikkaballapura and Uttara Kannada, 14 in Chitradurga and 13 in Hassan.
Twenty nine out of the 31 districts reported nil fatalities.
A total of over 1.70 crore samples have been tested so far, out of which 75,451 were done on Sunday.
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