7,908 new Covid-19 cases, takes Karnataka's tally past 2.1 lakh

Karnataka on Friday witnessed the highest ever single-day spike in novel coronavirus cases after 7,908 more patients confirmed testing positive in the last 24 hours.

The second biggest single-day spike was reported on 12 August with 7,833 new Covid- 19 cases.

The total



number of novel coronavirus cases in Karnataka now stands at 2,11,108 of which 79,201 are active cases, according to state health bulletin. Out of these cases 747 are in ICU.

The death toll has also increased to 3,717 after 104 more virus-related fatalities were reported in the past 24 hours, it said.