Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Apr 30: The state on Friday, April 30 continued to register a spike in the number of fresh coronavirus cases.
As per the health bulletin released by the state health department, the positive cases in the state rose to 48,296. Bengaluru Urban alone reported a huge number of 26,756 cases on Friday alone.
As many as 217 deaths due to coronavirus were reported on Friday, with Bengaluru Urban recording 93 deaths and Ballari 11. With this, the toll so far has risen to 15,523.
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Over 14,884 people were discharged from hospitals on Friday, taking the total recoveries so far to 11,24,909.
So far, Karnataka has seen 15,23,142 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 25.44%, while the case fatality rate for the day is 0.44%. A total of 1,89,793 samples were tested between Thursday and Friday.
As many as 95,81,682 people have received vaccination so far in the state.