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COVID-19: 571 new cases in Karnataka, 4 deaths

08:26 PM Mar 04, 2021 | Team Udayavani |

Bengaluru: Karnataka on Thursday reported 571 new cases of COVID-19 and 4 more fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 9,53,136 and the death toll to 12,350, the Health department said.

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The day also saw 496 patients getting discharged after recovery, taking the cumulative discharges to 9,34,639.

Bengaluru Urban accounted for 385 cases of the total fresh infections today.

According to a department bulletin, out of 6,128 active cases, 6,013 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and stable, while 115 are in ICU.

Among the fresh deaths, 2 are from Bengaluru Urban and one each from Dharwad and Mysuru.

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Kalaburagi accounted for 23 cases today, Mysuru 20, Dakshina Kannada 19, Vijayapura 13, Tumakuru and Hassan 11, followed by others.

Bengaluru Urban district tops the list of positive cases, with a total of 4,06,825, followed by Mysuru 54,159 and Ballari 39,296.

Among discharges too, Bengaluru Urban tops the list with 3,97,975, followed by Mysuru 52,937 and Ballari 38,624.

A total of over 1,90,68,106 samples have been tested so far, out of which 78,618 were tested on Thursday alone, and 4,623 among them were rapid antigen tests.

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