One more dead, 36 new corona cases raise Karnataka tally to 315
Bengaluru: Karnataka registered one coronavirus death and 36 more positive cases, raising the state’s tally to 315, an official said on Thursday.
“Till 5 p.m. Thursday, cumulatively 315 Covid positive cases have been confirmed in the state, it includes 13 deaths and 82 discharges,” said a health official on Thursday.
On Wednesday, a 66-year-old man infected with the coronavirus died at Victoria hospital in the city.
From 5 p.m. Wednesday to noon Thursday, 34 new cases and a death were reported in the state. In the next five hours, two more cases have been reported.
A 32-year-old man and a 5-year-old boy from Kalaburagi are the new cases. The former is a also suffering from Influenza Like Illness (ILI) and has travel history to Bengaluru.
As many as 218 Covid patients, including a pregnant woman, are isolated in designated hospitals across the cities, except two who are in ICU.