Karnataka on Monday recorded 1,268 new COVID-19 taking the total number of cases to 40,42,099. Monday’s cases also include a backlog cases of Sunday (August 21), which could not be ported from ICMR data base due to technical glitches.
With this the day's Test Positivity Rate (TPR) stood at 6.74% and the weekly TPR touched 5.58%. Of the new cases, 931 have been reported from Bengaluru Urban alone.
With six deaths, the State's toll touched 40,174. Besides, 42 deaths of patients due to non-COVID-19 reasons have also been recorded.
