Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Aug 19: Karnataka on Thursday, August 19 registered 1,432 new coronavirus cases.
As per the bulletin released by the state health department, the active cases in the state stand at 21,113. Bengaluru Urban's single-day tally stood at 318.
As many as 27 deaths due to coronavirus were reported in the state on Thursday, with Bengaluru Urban recording 2 deaths, the death toll in the state has risen to 37,088.
The state recorded 1,538 discharges from hospitals on Thursday, taking the total discharges to 28,76,377.
So far, Karnataka has seen 29,34,624 positive cases since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.
The positivity rate for the day stands at 0.80% while the case fatality rate for the day is 1.88%.
As many as 3,59,94,368 people have received vaccination so far.