Karnataka today added 9543 new Covid 19 cases to the national pool. Thereby increasing the total active cases in Karnataka to 1,04,724.There were 79 deaths too reported due to Covid in the state. At the same time 6522 persons were discharged after recovery.

The state conducted 67,857 covid tests which include 41,808 RT PCR tests.

Among the new cases, the highest number of 4217 cases were detected in Bengaluru Urban district, followed by 952 in Mysuru, 460 in Dakshina Kannada and 408 in Hassana. There are 835 people in ICUs.According to the Covid war room data, the state has a recovery rate of 80.5 percent, daily growth rate of 1.4 percent and a fatality rate of 1.5 percent.

Meanwhile, India has been recording a higher number of recoveries than the new cases for several consecutive days in the recent past.92,043 new recoveries have been reported in the last 24 hours in the country. 76% of the new recovered cases are found in 10 States/UTs.

Maharashtra continues to top this list. It has alone contributed more than 23,000 followed by Andhra Pradesh with more than 9,000 cases. A total of 88,600 new cases have been reported in the last 24 hours in the country. 10 States/UTs account for 77% of the new confirmed cases.

Maharashtra continues to lead this tally. It has contributed more than 20,000 followed by Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh with more than 8,000 and 7,000 cases respectively. There have been 1,124 deaths in the past 24 hours.

10 States/UTs account for 84% of the deaths in the last 24 hours due to COVID.

Of the new deaths, Maharashtra reported more than 38% of deaths with 430 deaths followed by Karnataka and Tamil Nadu with 86 and 85 deaths, respectively.