Karnataka on Wednesday recorded 1,046 new COVID infections taking the total number of cases to 39,69,411. With this, the day’s Test Positivity Rate (TPR) rose to 4.03% and the weekly TPR touched 3.59%. Of the new cases, 984 have been reported from Bengaluru Urban alone.
With zero deaths, the State’s toll remained 40,075. Besides, 42 deaths of patients due to non-COVID-19 reasons have also been recorded.
As many as 867 persons were discharged on Thursday taking the total recoveries to 39,23,398. Active cases stood at 5,896 on Thursday.