18,324 new Covid-19 cases reported in Karnataka

Karnataka continued to witness a slight increase in daily cases of Covid-19 as the State on Thursday reported 18,324 fresh infections, taking the tally to 26.53 lakh.

The day also saw 24,036 discharges, continuing to outnumber the fresh cases.

The State had reported 14,304 and 16,387 fresh cases on June 1 and June 2 respectively.

 With 514 deaths the toll in the state went upto 30,531.

 Achieving a "milestone", over 3 crore samples have been tested in the state so far, out of which 1,50,168 were



tested on Thursday alone.

"Karnataka will cross 3 crore Covid-19 tests yesterday.

With 196 ICMR approved labs across the State, more than 82 per cent of the tests conducted in Karnataka are RT-PCR tests.

Congratulations to all our laboratory staff on achieving this remarkable milestone," state Health Minister K Sudhakar said earlier in the day. Out of the 18,324 new cases reported on Thursday, 3,533 were from Bengaluru Urban, as the city saw 7,672 discharges and 347 deaths.