Karnataka on Wednesday recorded 1,624 new infections taking the total number of cases to 39,99,766. With this, the day’s Test Positivity Rate (TPR) stood at 4.87% and the weekly TPR touched 5.35%. Of the new cases, 1,176 have been reported from Bengaluru Urban alone.
With two deaths, the State’s toll touched 40,094. Besides, 42 deaths of patients due to non-COVID-19 reasons have also been recorded.
As many as 1,647 persons were discharged on Wednesday taking the total recoveries to 39,50,794. Active cases stood at 8,836 on Wednesday.
