Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Jun 17: Karnataka on Thursday, June 17 registered 5,983 new coronavirus cases.
As per the bulletin released by the state health department, the active cases in the state stand at 1,46,726. Bengaluru Urban's single-day tally has come down to 1,209 new cases.
As many as 138 deaths due to coronavirus were reported in the state on Thursday, with Bengaluru Urban alone recording 17 deaths and Ballari 5. With this, the death toll so far has risen to 33,434.
The state recorded 10,685 discharges from hospitals, taking the total discharges so far to 26,10,157.
So far, Karnataka has seen 27,90,338 positive cases since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.
The positivity rate for the day stands at 3.77%, while the case fatality rate for the day is 2.30%.
As many as 1,78,01,556 people have received vaccination so far.