Karnataka Covid cases seeing down, reports over 3000 new cases and 139 deaths in single day

Bengaluru: Karnataka on Tuesday reported 3,709 new cases of Covid-19 and 139 deaths, taking the total number of infections to 28,15,029 and toll to 34,164. The day also saw 8,111 discharges, pushing the total number of recoveries to 26,62,250, the health department said.

Total number of active cases is at 1,18,592. While the positivity rate for the day stood at 2.87%, case fatality rate (CFR) was at 3.74%. Bengaluru Urban logged 803 new cases, 1,745 discharges and 26 deaths. Dakshina Kannada reported 15 deaths, Mysuru (11), Davangere and Kolar (9), Mandya (8), followed by others.

The top contributors to the fresh case tally today include Mysuru with 486 new cases, Dakshina Kannada 374 and Hassan 309 According to a health department bulletin.