Karnataka sees spike in COVID-19 infections with 12 000 new cases, Bengaluru reported 9,020 fresh cases

BENGALURU:

Witnessing a spike in coronavirus cases, Karnataka on Sunday reported 12,000 fresh cases and 4 virus-related deaths, taking the tally to 30,51,958 and the fatalities toll to 38,370, a health bulletin said.

The state has been witnessing a steady surge in cases since December last week and had reported 8,906 daily cases on Saturday.

Of the new cases on Sunday, 9,020 were from Bengaluru Urban that saw 605 people being discharged and two deaths.

The total number of active cases across the state is now 49,602.

Cases go up to 12k in Karnataka today:
◾New cases in State: 12,000
◾New cases in B’lore: 9,020
◾Positivity rate in State: 6.33%
◾Discharges: 901
◾Active cases State: 49,602 (B’lore- 40k)
◾Deaths:04 (B’lore- 02)
◾Tests: 1,89,499#COVID19 #Omicron #Karnataka #Bangalore

— Dr Sudhakar K (@mla_sudhakar) January 9, 2022

There were 901 discharges, taking the total number of recoveries to 29,63,957, the health department bulletin said.

While the positivity rate for the day stood at 6.33 per cent, the case fatality rate (CFR) was 0.03 per cent.

Of the four deaths, two are from Bengaluru Urban and one each from Ballari and Dakshina Kannada.

🔹Test positivity rate in Bengaluru stays around 10% as cases increase to 9,020 today.

🔹An increase of 27% over yesterday’s tally of 7,113.

🔹The Capital accounts for 75% of State’s total cases.#COVID19 #Omicronindia #covidvariant #Bengaluru

— Dr Sudhakar K (@mla_sudhakar) January 9, 2022

Apart from Bengaluru Urban, Mysuru recorded the second highest of 398 new cases, Udupi 340, Dakshina Kannada 298, Mandya 261 and Shivamogga 198, followed by others.

Bengaluru Urban district now has a total of 12,99,319 positive cases, followed by Mysuru 1,81,330 and Tumakuru 1,21,780.

According to the bulletin, Bengaluru Urban tops the list among discharges with 12,42,326, followed by Mysuru 1,77,850 and Tumakuru 1,20,197.

Today’s Media Bulletin 09/01/2022
Please click on the link below to view bulletin.https://t.co/ChfpYJEqZ7 @PMOIndia @MoHFW_INDIA @CMofKarnataka @BSBommai @mla_sudhakar @Comm_dhfwka @BBMPCOMM @mangalurucorp @DDChandanaNews @PIBBengaluru @KarnatakaVarthe pic.twitter.com/K9YITu6s7i

— K’taka Health Dept (@DHFWKA) January 9, 2022

Cumulatively, a total of 5,76,83,675 samples have been tested in the state, of which 1,89,499 were tested on Sunday alone.