Bengaluru, May 15 (IANS): A 52-year-old man succumbed to novel coronavirus in Karnataka even as the highest single-day rise of 70 new positive cases was reported, raising the state's tally to 1,057.

The deceased male was resident of Chitaguppa town in Bidar had died on Tuesday but his test report on his positive status came on Friday. The deceased had a travel history to Hyderabad and also suffered from Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI).

Chitaguppa is 709 km north of Bengaluru. The new cases were reported from 5 pm on Thursday to 9 pm on Friday.

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Out of the 1,057 cases, 540 are still active, 480 patients have been discharged, and 36 others have died.

In the past 24 hours, Covid cases spiked in Dakshina Kannada, Bengaluru Urban, Mandya, Hassan, and Udupi.

Meanwhile, 'green zones' went down by one in Karnataka to seven in the past 24 hours.

Kodagu, Bengaluru Rural, Raichur, Koppal, Chikkamagaluru, Ramanagara and Chamarajanagar are the green zones with zero active cases.

Of the 1,057 cases, 12 per cent patients were senior citizens, 65 per cent men and 35 per cent women with a discharge rate of 45 per cent.