Bengaluru: Karnataka enrolled 1,189 fresh covid-19 cases and 22 deaths took the total infection and death from this disease to 29.38 lakh and 37,145, the health department said on Sunday.
There were 20,556 active cases in the state while the recovery of 1,456 patients took a total recovery to 28.80,889.
Dakshina Kannada District, which borders Kerala, remains a Covid-19 number one hotspot with 286 infections and four deaths which are the highest among all districts on Sundays.
The Bengaluru Urban district is the second main Covid hotspot with 267 cases and two deaths.
Karnataka capital has so far reported 12,35,036 infections and 15,959 deaths.
There are 7,762 active cases.
Other districts also reported Covid-19 cases including 132 Udupi, 79 in MySuru, 75 in Hassan, 55 in Kodagu and 50 in Chikkamagaluru.
According to the media bulletin, there were deaths in 14 districts including Bengaluru, Dakshina Kannada, Tumakuru, Udupi, Mandya and Dharwad.
Kalaburagi Regency records zero infection and zero death.
There were no deaths in 17 districts in Karnataka.
The department said in his bulletin that 1.25,158 Covid tests were carried out on Sundays including 92,842 RT-PCR tests and other methods.
With this, Karnataka has so far carried out 4.19 Covid-19 tests in the state, the department said.
There are 1,50,127 inoculation carried out on Sundays taking total vaccination to 3.69 crore.
The current level of participation is 0.94 percent while the case mortality rate is 1.85 percent, he said.
Covid-19: 1,189 new cases and 22 deaths in Karnataka
