Bengaluru: According to the Health bulletin, Karnataka on Saturday reported less than 1,000 new Covid cases with 983 infections and logged 21 deaths. The total caseload becomes 29,54,047.
Saturday also recorded 1,620 discharges, taking the total number of recoveries in the state so far to 28,98,874.
Out of 983 cases reported on Saturday, 289 were from Bengaluru Urban, as the city saw 618 discharges and seven deaths. Dakshina Kannada followed Bengaluru Urban in the fatality count with five deaths, Hassan and Mysuru logged two each, followed by others.
Bengaluru Urban district topped the list of positive cases, with a total of 12,39,123, followed by Mysuru 1,76,433 and Tumakuru 1,19,411.
A total of 4,41,53,718 samples have been tested in the state so far, out of which 1,59,248 were done on Saturday alone.
