Breaking: COVID Mega Blast in Karnataka, record 50,210 new cases in 24 hours

Covid mega blast in Karnataka, reports 50,210 Covid cases in 24 hours. Positivity rate jump to 22%. Highest covid cases reported in Bengaluru 26299. Total 22842 Discharged in Karnataka today. 3,57,796 active cases in state.

Alleging that 60% of the cops who were part of security deployment during the Mekedatu padayatra have tested positive for Covid-19, home minister Araga Jnanendra blamed Congress for it. However, KPCC chief DK Shivakumar said the BJP government is presenting bogus figures to cover up its failures and put the onus on Congress for the spike in Covid-19 cases.

India reported a decline in its daily coronavirus cases on Sunday. The country added 3,33,533 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the total caseload to 39,237,264, The daily positivity rate was recorded at 17.78%, according to Union health ministry data updated on Sunday. Yesterday, India had logged 3,37,704 new coronavirus infections.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 17.78% while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 16.87%. The data stated that 71.34 crore tests have been conducted so far and 19,60,954 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours. So far, 161.92 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered, it added. India’s top-3 metro cities have witnessed a decline in their positivity rates in the last 24 hours.

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Cities like Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru have continued to report a dip in their positivity rate along with low hospitalisation rate. In the national capital Delhi, the Covid positivity rate almost halved in a week with 30.64% on January 15 to 16.36% on Saturday. On the other hand, Mumbai’s test positivity rate went down to 7% from 10% on Saturday. The city showed a 28% dip in cases from the peak the city had registered on 7 January.