Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Apr 27: The state on Tuesday, April 27 recorded a spike in the number of 31,830 fresh coronavirus cases to its tally.
As per the bulletin released by the state health department, the active cases in the state rose to 3,01,899. Bengaluru Urban alone reported a huge number of 17,550 cases on Tuesday alone.
As many as 180 deaths due to coronavirus were reported on Tuesday, with Bengaluru Urban recording 97 deaths and Ballari 18. With this, the toll so far has risen to 14,807.
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Over 10,793 people were discharged from hospitals on Tuesday, taking the total recoveries so far to 10,84,050.
So far, Karnataka has seen 14,00,775 positive cases so far.
Among the total active cases, 2,063 patients are currently admitted in ICUs across the state.
The positivity rate for the day stands at 18.71%, while the case fatality rate for the day is 0.56%. A total of 1,70,116 samples were tested between Monday and Tuesday.
As many as 90,43,861 people have received vaccination so far in the state.