While there is an uptick in COVID-19 cases in the past few days in Karnataka, deaths have remained low all through this month. Only six deaths were reported in April.
Four days (April 4, April 5, April 6 and April 8) saw one death each and April 30 saw two deaths. The State has reported no deaths on all other days.
While March saw 97 patients succumbing to the disease, as many as 901 and 716 deaths were reported in February and January, respectively. On February 2, the State had reported 81 deaths, the highest single-day record during the third wave. The official figure of total number of COVID deaths in the State, as per the media bulletin issued by the Health Department, now stands at 40,059.
