With an addition of 229 cases on Sunday, the active COVID-19 cases in Karnataka jumped up to 1,000, according to the bulletin shared by the Department of Health and Family Welfare. Bengaluru Urban district had the highest number of positive cases, 64.
While 50 infected persons were hospitalised as of Saturday with 15 of them being treated in ICUs, on Sunday the numbers went up to 57 hospitalisations and 22 ICU patients.
A total of 13 COVID-19 related deaths have been registered in the State since December 15, out of which, three patients were infected by the new JN.1 sub-variant.