Karnataka sees jump in daily new Covid-19 cases, Reports 34% more than yesterday’s count

Bengaluru: Karnataka and capital Bengaluru today recorded a steep spike in Covid cases. The state reported 2,052 new cases today, 34 per cent more than Wednesday’s tally of 1,531. The capital city clocked 505 cases, also 34 per cent more than Wednesday’s count of 376.

According to the state bulletin, the number of active Covid cases in the state stands at 23,253. The state’s positivity rate was 1.37 per cent on Thursday as 1,48,861 samples were tested. Karnataka recorded 35 deaths due to the infection over the past 24 hours. The state’s total Covid count has now crossed the 29 lakh mark and the cumulative death count is 36,491.

As for vaccination, 1,00,224 doses of coronavirus vaccines were administered in the state till 3.30 pm today. This has taken the total number of doses administered to 2,97,01,032. Following a stringent lockdown put in place during the second wave of Covid infections during which people struggled to find hospital beds, medicines and oxygen cylinders, the Karnataka government relaxed the curbs as the cases dropped.