Karnataka records 40,499 Covid-19 cases; positivity rate at 18.80%

Karnataka registered 40,499 cases against 23,209 discharges on Wednesday. In addition, 21 deaths were reported in the past 24 hours and the positivity rate for the day was 18.80 percent.

The total number of active cases in the state was 2,67,650. Case Fatality Rate for the recorded day is 0.05 percent.

The numbers provided much-anticipated relief for state health authorities.

Karnataka has recorded 41,457 new Covid cases in the state against 8,353 discharges on Tuesday (Jan. 18).

The state government has already hinted at lifting the curfew for the weekend and the night before Friday.

The number of Omicron cases was 766 and 2,956 active Delta cases are being treated in the state.

Bengaluru Urban registered 24,135 cases, much to the relief of health authorities, despite an increase in the number of tests being conducted in the city.

Bengaluru Urban registered 25,595 new cases on Tuesday (Jan. 18) against 4,514 layoffs and seven deaths.

As many as 18,081 people were laid off in Bengaluru on Wednesday. The total number of active cases was 1,84,377 and five deaths have been reported in the city.

Tumakuru district (1804) recorded the highest number of cases after Bengaluru. Followed by Hassan (1,785), Mysuru (1,341) and Mandya (1,340). Bengaluru Rural, which had registered more than 1,000 cases, has reached a settlement with 785 cases.