Summary:
Bengaluru, Jan 21 (PTI) Continuing to register a surge in cases, Karnataka on Friday logged 48,049 new cases of COVID-19, and 22 fatalities, taking the tally to 34,25,002 and the death toll to 38,537.
The state had recorded 47,754 fresh infections on Thursday.
Of the new cases today, 29,068 were from Bengaluru Urban that saw 7,196 people being discharged and 6 virus-related deaths.
The total number of active cases across the state is now at 3,23,143.
There were 18,115 discharges, taking the total number of recoveries to 30,63,292, a health department bulletin said.
While the positivity rate for the day stood at 19.23 per cent, the case fatality rate (CFR) was 0.04 per cent.