Karnataka saw a massive spike with 41,457 new COVID-19cases reported on Tuesday. As many as 25,595 cases were from Bengaluru Urban. This was in sharp contrast to the numbers from the previous day, when the overall number of new cases dipped below 30,000 to 27,156. Districts such as Bengaluru Rural, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Mysuru, and Tumakuru too reported over 1,000 new cases.
The positivity rate, too, saw a huge jump as it stood at 22.3%, according to the Health and Family Welfare Department’s bulletin. It was 12.45% on Monday.
