Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Aug 28: Karnataka on Sunday, August 28, reported 929 new coronavirus cases.
As per the bulletin released by the state health department, the active cases in the state stand at 7,859. Bengaluru urban's single-day tally is 427.
Five deaths were reported due to coronavirus in the state on Sunday. The death toll in the state has risen to 40,192.
The state recorded 987 discharges from hospitals on Sunday, taking the total discharges to 40,01,318.
So far, Karnataka has seen 40,49,411 positive cases since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.
The positivity rate for the day stands at 4.01%. As many as 11,84,48,751 people have received vaccination so far.