Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Jan 1:Karnataka on Saturday, January 1 registered 1033 new coronavirus cases.
As per the bulletin released by the state health department, the active cases in the state stand at 9,386. Bengaluru Urban's single-day tally stood at 810.
As many as 5 deaths due to coronavirus were reported in the state on Saturday, with Bengaluru Urban recording 2 deaths, the death toll in the state has risen to 38,340.
The state recorded 354 discharges from hospitals on Saturday, taking the total discharges to 29,60,615.
So far, Karnataka has seen 30,08,370 positive cases since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.
The positivity rate for the day stands at 0.86% while the case fatality rate for the day is 0.48%.
As many as 8,63,97,712 people have received vaccination so far.