Karnataka logs 1,446 new COVID-19 cases, 13 deaths

Karnataka has reported 1,446 new cases of COVID-19 and 13 related fatalities, taking total number of infections to 8,89,113 and death toll to 11,821, Health department said on Thursday.

day also saw 894 patients getting discharged after recovery.

Out of 1,446 fresh cases reported on Thursday, 758 cases were from Bengaluru Urban alone.

As of December 3 evening, cumulatively 8,89,113 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in state, which includes 11,821 deaths and 8,52,584 discharges, Health department said in its bulletin.

It said, out of 24,689 active cases, 24,390 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and are stable, while 299 are in ICU.

As many as six of total 13 deaths reported on Thursday were from Bengaluru Urban, followed by Dakshina Kanna (2), and Bengaluru Rural, Dharw, Hassan, Kolar and Mysuru (1).

Most of de were eir with a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) or Influenza-like illness (ILI).

Among districts where new cases were reported, Bengaluru Urban accounted for 758, followed by Mandya (75), Tumakuru (68), Mysuru (53), Chitrurga (40) and Belagavi (38) among ors.

Bengaluru Urban district tops list of positive cases, with a total of 3,71,962 infections, followed by Mysuru (50,848) and Ballari (38,291).

Among discharges too, Bengaluru Urban tops list with 3,48,861, followed by Mysuru (49,567) and Ballari (37,513).

A total of over 1,14,11,843 samples have been tested so far, out of which 1,08,685 were tested on Thursday alone, and 18,683 among m were rapid antigen tests.