Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Aug 20: Karnataka on Friday, Aug 20 registered 1,453 new coronavirus cases.
As per the bulletin released by the state health department, the active cases in the state stand at 21,161. Bengaluru Urban's single-day tally stood at 352.
As many as 17 deaths due to coronavirus were reported in the state on Friday, with Bengaluru Urban recording one deaths, the death toll in the state has risen to 37,105.
The state recorded 1,408 discharges from hospitals on Friday, taking the total discharges to 28,77,785.
So far, Karnataka has seen 29,36,077 positive cases since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.
The positivity rate for the day stands at 0.83% while the case fatality rate for the day is 1.16%.
As many as 3,61,75,627 people have received vaccination so far.