Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Apr 29: The state on Thursday, April 29 recorded a spike of 35,024 fresh coronavirus cases.
As per the bulletin released by the state health department, the active cases in the state rose to 3,49,496. Bengaluru Urban alone reported a huge number of 19,637 cases on Thursday alone.
As many as 270 deaths due to coronavirus were reported on Thursday, with Bengaluru Urban recording 143 deaths and Ballari 16. With this, the toll so far has risen to 15,306.
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Over 14,142 people were discharged from hospitals on Thursday, taking the total recoveries so far to 11,10,025.
So far, Karnataka has seen 14,74,846 positive cases so far.
Among the total active cases, 2,431 patients are currently admitted in ICUs across the state.
The positivity rate for the day stands at 19.92%, while the case fatality rate for the day is 0.77%. A total of 1,75,816 samples were tested between Wednesday and Thursday.
As many as 93,63,124 people have received vaccination so far in the state.