Karnataka on Friday recorded 2,042 new infections taking the total number of cases to 40,16,556. With this the day’s Test Positivity Rate (TPR) stood at 6.32% and the weekly TPR touched 6.30%. Of the new cases, 1,309 have been reported from Bengaluru Urban alone.
With two deaths, the State’s toll touched 40,113. Besides, 42 deaths of patients due to non-COVID-19 reasons have also been recorded.
As many as 1,704 persons were discharged on Friday taking the total recoveries to 39,64,998. Active cases stood at 11,403 on Friday.