BENGALURU : The state of Karnataka on Tuesday reported 1,405 new cases of Covid-19 and 26 fatalities, taking the tally to 39,29,642 and death toll to 39,691.
The official health bulletin confirmed there were 5,762 discharges, pushing the total number of recoveries to 38,63,085, a Health bulletin said.
765 new Covid cases were detected in Bengaluru Urban that saw 2,548 people being discharged and 6 virus-related deaths. The total number of active cases across the state is now 26,832.
While the positivity rate for the day stood at 1.91%, the case fatality rate (CFR) was 1.85 per cent. Of the 26 deaths, six are from Bengaluru Urban; Dakshina Kannada (4), Ballari (3), Dharwad, Hassan and Udupi (2), followed by others.