Covid-19 update: Karnataka reported 6,892 new cases on Monday

Bengaluru | Tuesday | 29th September, 2020

Summary:

4,69,750 people recovered from the virus so far including 7,509 patients getting discharged after recovery on Monday, the health department said.

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Karnataka reported 6,892 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, taking the state’s overall infection tally to 5,82,458 with 1,04,048 active cases.

The state also reported 59 virus related fatalities on Monday, pushing the total death toll to 8,641.

4,69,750 people recovered from the virus so far including 7,509 patients getting discharged after recovery on Monday, the health department said.

Among those who tested positive today were Law and Parliamentary affairs minister J C Madhuswamy and Congress MLA H K Patil.

The number of tests done was less at 58,862, compared to 67,857 on Sunday.

Bengaluru Urban continued to account for the maximum number of new cases with 2,722 on Monday.

As many as 82 patients are undergoing treatment in Intensive Care Units.

The capital city saw a fall in the number of deaths at 9, from 15 on Sunday, followed by seven in Dakshina Kannada, while the rest were spread over 18 districts.

Most of the dead had a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) or Influenza-like illness (ILI).

After Bengaluru Urban, Udupi district acccounted for most number of new cases at 332, followed by Hassan 320, Kalaburagi 273 , Mysuru 240, Chikkamagaluru 219 , Mandya 209 and others.

Over 1.62 lakh people were home quarantined in the last one week, the bulletin said.

A total of 47.18 lakh samples were tested so far, out of which 25,171 were Rapid Antigen tests, it said. 

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