Karnataka witnessed fresh 1,694 cases of COVID-19, tally jumps to 19,710

Karnataka registered yet another high single day rise of Covid cases at 1,694, with Bengaluru alone accounting for 994 of them, taking the state's tally to 19,710, an official said on Friday.

"New cases reported from Thursday 5 p.m. to Friday 5 p.m., 1,694," said a health official.

With Friday's spike,



Bengaluru's Covid tally rose to 7,173, out of which 6,297 are active.

Of all the cases in the state, 36 per cent are in in Bengaluru itself and in terms of active cases, the city has 59 per cent of them.

Meanwhile, in the past 24 hours, 21 people succumbed to the virus, taking the number of deaths in the state to 293.