Karnataka on Monday reported 679 new cases of COVID-19 taking the total to 39,37,265. Bengaluru Urban recorded 346 cases. The day’s test positivity rate in the State reduced to 1.29%.
With 21 deaths, the State’s toll rose to 39,816. With this, the day’s Case Fatality Rate (CFR) touched 3.09%.This is apart from 37 deaths of patients due to non-COVID-19 reasons.
As many as 1,932 persons were discharged on Monday taking the total recoveries to 38,86,052. Active cases reduced to 11,360. As many as 52,505 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, including 44,080 RT-PCR tests. With this, the total number of tests rose to 6,40,81,971.
