Bengaluru, Oct 30 (IANS): Continuing the trend of the last 10 days, 7,661 recoveries outnumbered 4,025 new Covid cases in a day across Karnataka.

"With 7,661 discharges across the state on Wednesday, recoveries rose to 7,41,219, while 4,025 fresh cases increased the Covid tally to 8,16,809, including 64,480 active cases," said the state health bulletin on Thursday.

Death toll due to the infection rose to 11,091, with 45 succumbing in the last 24 hours across the southern state.

As the epi-centre of the pandemic, Bengaluru registered 2,175 fresh cases, taking its tally to 3,33,037, including 41,538 active cases, while 2,87,678 recovered, with 4,378 discharged in the last 24 hours.

The city's death toll rose to 3,820, with 19 deaths over the last 24 hours.

Among the districts, Mysuru reported 204 fresh cases, Tumakuru 136, Shivamogga 127, Mandya 115 and Hassan 114.

Of recoveries in the districts, Dakshina Kannada reported 424, Mysuru 375, Mandya 256, Chikkaballapur 243, Tumakuru 223, Bengaluru Rural 195 and Ballari 175.

Of the 935 patients in the intensive care units (ICUs), 437 are in Bengaluru Urban hospitals, 62 in Ballari, 44 in Hassan and 41 in Chamarajanagar.

Out of 1,00,683 tests conducted on Wednesday, 25,002 were through rapid antigen detection and 75,681 through RT-PCR method.

"Positivity rate dipped to 3.99 per cent and case fatality rate to 1.11 per cent for the day," the bulletin added.