Karnataka records 5,007 new cases of Covid-19 and 110 deaths

Karnataka on Friday registered 5,007 new cases of Covid-19 and a record 110 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 85,870 and the death toll to 1,724, the health department said.

The day also saw 2,037 patients getting discharged after recovery.

Out of the fresh, a whopping 2,267 cases were



from Bengaluru urban alone.

The state on Thursday had reported a biggest single-day spike of 5,030 cases. A total of 11,10,497 samples were tested so far, out of which 29,819 were tested on Friday alone.

According to the department bulletin,7,411 of the 29,819 samples examined today were through rapid antigen tests.