Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Aug 20: Karnataka on Saturday, August 20, reported 1,713 new coronavirus cases.
As per the bulletin released by the state health department, the active cases in the state stand at 10,452. Bengaluru urban's single-day tally is 965.
Four deaths were reported due to coronavirus in the state on Saturday. The death toll in the state has risen to 40,166.
The state recorded 1034 discharges from hospitals on Saturday, taking the total discharges to 39,89,451.
So far, Karnataka has seen 40,40,111 positive cases since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.
The positivity rate for the day stands at 5.33 %. As many as 11,79,75,818 people have received vaccination so far.