Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Sep 26: Karnataka on Sunday September 26 continued to maintain a steady rate in the number of new coronavirus cases, with the state reporting 775 infections.
As per the bulletin released by the state health department, the active cases in the state stand at 13,213. Among the districts, Bengaluru Urban registered the highest number of single-day cases with 255 new infections, while Dakshina Kannada reported 99 new cases.
Nine deaths due to coronavirus were reported in the state on Sunday, with Bengaluru Urban alone recording three fatalities. With this, the toll so far has risen to 37,726.
The state recorded 860 discharges from hospitals, taking the total discharges so far to 29,22,427.
So far, Karnataka has seen 29,73,395 positive cases since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.
The positivity rate for the day stands at 0.54%, while the case fatality rate for the day was also 1.16%.
As many as 5,46,12,960 people have received vaccination so far.