Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru
Bengaluru, May 26: Karnataka on Wednesday, May 26 registered 26,811 new coronavirus cases.
As per the bulletin released by the state health department, the active cases in the state stand at 4,09,924. Bengaluru Urban's single-day tally came down to 6,433 new cases.
As many as 530 deaths due to coronavirus were reported in the state on Wednesday, with Bengaluru Urban recording 285 deaths and Ballari 22. With this, the toll so far has risen to 26,929.
The state recorded 40,741 discharges from hospitals, taking the total discharges so far to 20,62,910.
So far, Karnataka has seen 24,99,784 positive cases since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.
The positivity rate for the day stands at 19.48%, while the case fatality rate for the day is 1.97%.
As many as 1,25,41,765 people have received vaccination so far.