Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Jun 19: Karnataka on Friday, June 19 recorded 5,783 new coronavirus infections.
As per the bulletin released by the state health department, the active cases in the state stand at 1,37,050. Bengaluru Urban reported 1,100 new cases.
As many as 168 deaths due to coronavirus were reported in the state on Friday, with Bengaluru Urban recording 39. With this, the toll so far has risen to 33,602.
The state recorded 15,290 discharges from hospitals, taking the total discharges so far to 26,25,447.
So far, Karnataka has seen 27,96,121 positive cases since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.
The positivity rate for the day has dropped to 4.05%, while the case fatality rate for the day is 2.90%.
As many as 17,960,116 people have received vaccination so far.