Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Aug 17: Karnataka on Tuesday, Aug 17 registered 1,298 new coronavirus cases.
As per the bulletin released by the state health department, the active cases in the state stand at 21,481. Bengaluru Urban's single-day tally stood at 340.
As many as 32 deaths due to coronavirus were reported in the state on Tuesday, with Bengaluru Urban recording ten deaths, the death toll in the state has risen to 37,039.
The state recorded 1,833 discharges from hospitals on Tuesday, taking the total discharges to 28,73,281.
So far, Karnataka has seen 29,31,827 positive cases since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.
The positivity rate for the day stands at 1.01% while the case fatality rate for the day is 2.46%.
As many as 3,53,62,372 people have received vaccination so far.