Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Jan 19: Karnataka on Wednesday, January 19 registered 40,499 new coronavirus cases.
As per the bulletin released by the state health department, the active cases in the state stand at 2,67,650. Bengaluru Urban's single-day tally stood at 24,135.
As many as 21 deaths due to coronavirus were reported in the state on Wednesday, the death toll in the state has risen to 38,486.
The state recorded 23,209 discharges from hospitals on Wednesday, taking the total discharges to 30,23,034.
So far, Karnataka has seen 33,29,199 positive cases since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.
The positivity rate for the day stands at 18.80% while the case fatality rate for the day is 0.05 %.
As many as 9,23,38,798 people have received vaccination so far.