BENGALURU:
Bengaluru has become the happy hunting ground of the coronavirus. On Friday, the city reported its highest single-day surge of 994 cases, leaving behind the previous mark of 947 on June 29 and making it seven straight days of 500-plus cases. The state as a whole saw a record number of 21 deaths in the last 24 hours.
As per the health department bulletin, the state’s death tally is now 293. Of the 21 deaths reported on Friday, Bengaluru city registered 5 and Bengaluru Rural 1. All the victims had shown symptoms of breathlessness.
The other deaths reported were: Kalaburagi 3, Chikkaballapur 2, Vijayapura 2, and Ballari, Shivamogga, Hassan, Davanagere, Bidar and Raichur one each.
Of the state’s 1,694 new cases on Friday, 994 were in Bengaluru, 97 in Bellary, 97 in Dakshina Kannada, 72 in Kalaburagi, 57 in Tumakuru, 44 in Bengaluru Rural, 38 in Dharwad, 35 in Mysuru, 33 in Mandya, 28 in Bidar, 24 in Chamarajanagar, 23 in Shivamogga, 19 in Gadag, and 16 each in Udupi and Kodagu.
Covid19 Bulletin: 3rd July 2020
— CM of Karnataka (@CMofKarnataka) July 3, 2020
Total Confirmed Cases: 19710
Deceased: 293
Recovered: 8805
New Cases: 1694
Other information: Telemedicine facility, Corona Watch Application and Helpline details.#KarnatakaFightsCorona#Covid19Karnataka@BSYBJP pic.twitter.com/Ged8DkUiyb
Overall, Karnataka has seen 8,805 discharges while it has 10,608 active cases out of a total of 19,710 positive cases. Of these, 201 patients are being treated in ICUs.
Dreaded numbers
June 21 — 196
June 22 — 126
June 23 — 107
June 24 — 173
June 25 — 113
June 26 — 144
June 27 — 596
June 28 — 783
June 29 — 947
June 30 — 503
July 1 — 735
July 2 — 889
July 3 — 994
