As the number of fresh COVID-19 cases and fatalities linked to the pandemic surge in Bengaluru, the capital city alone reported 2,126 new cases while the same was 5,939 across Karnataka on Sunday.
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Meanwhile, the number of active containment zones in the city comprising 198 wards rose to 15,229.
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The health department also attributed five more deaths that took place over the last few days to Bengaluru's death toll on Sunday.
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With this, 1668 deaths have been reported cumulatively from the city. Bengaluru alone accounts for over 38% of the total deaths in the state.
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Meanwhile, the total tally of COVID-19 cases in Karnataka rose to 2,77,814 on Sunday after 5,938 more people contracted the infection, according to health department statistics.
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In a bid to lessen the burden on the existing crematoriums in Bengaluru in the wake of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Bengaluru will soon get nine new crematoriums, BBMP Commissioner N Manjunatha Prasad said.
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