Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Aug 18: Karnataka on Thursday, August 18, reported 2,329 new coronavirus cases.
As per the bulletin released by the state health department, the active cases in the state stand at 9,307. Bengaluru urban's single-day tally is 1,606.
Four deaths were reported due to coronavirus in the state on Thursday. The death toll in the state has risen to 40,159.
The state recorded 1711 discharges from hospitals on Thursday, taking the total discharges to 39,87,317.
So far, Karnataka has seen 40,36,825 positive cases since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.
The positivity rate for the day stands at 7.78%. As many as 11,78,10,652 people have received vaccination so far.