Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Aug 1: Karnataka on Sunday August 1 recorded 1,875 new coronavirus infections.
As per the bulletin released by the state health department, the active cases in the state stand at 24,144. Among the districts, Dakshina Kannada registered the highest number of single-day cases with 410 new infections, while Bengaluru Urban reported 409 new cases.
As many as 25 deaths due to coronavirus were reported in the state on Sunday, with Bengaluru Urban and Dakshina Kannada recording 8 and 6 deaths respectively. With this, the toll so far has risen to 36,587.
The state recorded 1,502 discharges from hospitals, taking the total discharges so far to 28,46,244.
So far, Karnataka has seen 29,06,999 positive cases since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.
The positivity rate for the day stands at 1.20%, while the case fatality rate for the day is 1.33%.
As many as 3,06,40,015 people have received vaccination so far.