Karnataka adds more 1,005 new COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths

Karnataka added 1,005 new COVID- 19 cases and five related fatalities, taking the infection count to 9,14,488 and the toll to 12,044, the health department said on Friday. The day also saw 1,102 patients getting discharged after recovery and there were 13,508 active cases in the state.

The state's cumulative COVID-19 tally stood at



9,14,488, including 12,044 deaths and 8,88,917 discharges, the department said in its bulletin. A total of 13,300 patients were stable in isolation at designated hospitals, while 208 are in Intensive Care Units. As many as 578 fresh cases were from Bengaluru Urban district, which also accounted for four of the five deaths, followed by Dharwad 1.