The city also recorded 991 recoveries on Thursday, most of them in Yelahanka and the west side.
Bengaluru reported 1,069 COVID-19 cases and 991 recoveries on Thursday. Most of the cases were from Yelahanka and the western area (16% each). The city also reported eight deaths on the day, all of them people who were between 50 and 70 years old.
For the second day in a row, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Karnataka remained below the 30,000 mark, while 2,116 recent infections brought the tally to 8.55 lakh. Active cases, falling steadily after touching 50,592 on Nov. 1, fell to 29,470 on Thursday, after falling below 30,000 the day before.
The day also saw 3,368 patients who were discharged after recovery, the health department said. Twenty-one recent deaths were reported, bringing the death toll to 11,474.
In total, 8,55,912 positive cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the state, including 11,474 deaths and 8,14,949 discharges, the department reported in its bulletin. He said 28,673 patients were isolated in designated, stable hospitals. Up to 797 patients were receiving treatment in intensive care units.
Apart from the eight deaths in urban Bengaluru, rural Bengaluru reported three deaths, Ballari and Dharwad two each, Hassan, Kalaburagi, Kolar, Mysuru, Raichur and Tumkur one each. Most of the deceased had a history of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) or influenza-like illness (ILI).
Among the other districts where new cases were reported, Mysuru accounted for 115, Hassan 100, Tumakuru 80, Mandya 74, Belagavi 54, Dakshina Kannada 53, Shivamogga and Kalaburagi 51, followed by others.
Bengaluru Urban’s infection count stood at 3.54,215, including 3.32,287 downloads, followed by Mysuru 49,212 (47,242 downloads) and Ballari 37,826 (36,774).
So far a total of 91.58,603 samples have been analyzed, of which 1,15,386 were analyzed on Thursday, of which 27,286 used the rapid antigen mode.
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