Bengaluru reports 4,623 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, with 66,854 active cases
Bengaluru has reported 4,623 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday. The total cases in the city stands at 2,81,557 and 66,854 active cases.
FollowBengaluru: Bengaluru has recorded 4,623 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, taking the active cases in the city to 66,854.
Based on the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) report the list of containment zones has remained unchanged over the last few weeks with 18 active zones.
On Sunday, out of the total 2.8 lakh cases, 2,11,358 have recovered from COVID-19 with 2,656, discharged in the last 24-hour period.
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The city reported 24 deaths due to the virus on Sunday, taking its toll to 5,364. Bengaluru Urban has accounted for about 50 percent of the state's caseload on Sunday.
Meanwhile, reversing the trend after four consecutive days of surge, recovery of 10,107 patients outnumbered 9,523 new cases across Karnataka till Saturday night.
The state health bulletin said "With 10,107 recovering in the last 24 hours, 5,80,054 have been discharged till date from across the state, while its COVID-19 tally rose to 7,10,309, including 1,20,270 active cases and 75 succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours taking the death toll to 9,966 so far."
In the new cases reported from the districts across the state, Mysuru saw 541 cases, followed by Hassan at 463, Chitradurga at 378, Belagavi at 331, Tumakuru at 285, Mandya at 267, Dakshina Kannada at 265 and Ballari at 226.
