Karnataka on Friday reported 233 new cases of COVID-19 taking the State tally to 39,42,068. Bengaluru Urban recorded 163 cases. The day’s Test Positivity Rate in the State reduced to 0.48%.
With six deaths, the State’s toll rose to 39,985. With this, the day’s Case Fatality Rate (CFR) touched 2.57%. This is apart from 38 deaths of patients due to non-COVID-19 reasons.
As many as 648 persons were discharged on Friday taking the total recoveries to 38,98,576. Active cases reduced to 3,469.
As many as 48,467 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, including 35,231 RT-PCR tests. With this, the total number of tests rose to 6,46,66,055.