BENGALURU : Karnataka Health Minister Dr Sudhakar K on Thursday took to microblogging site Twitter to announce that the state had recorded 5,019 new Covid-19 cases in the past twenty four hours.
In that, the state capital Bengaluru accounted for 2,315 new Covid-19 cases. The state also logged 39 Covid related deaths, Bengaluru accounted for 17 of them.
13,923 people recovered from the deadly novel coronavirus in the state in the past twenty four hours and were discharged from hospitals.
The active caseload in the state now stands at 52,013, and that of Bengaluru stands at 21k after Thursday's addition. According to the official bulletin 1,17,956 tests were also conducted in the past twenty four hours in the state.