The number of new COVID-19 infections in Karnataka increased to 125 on Monday. The state’s positive rate was 3.96 percent, and three additional deaths were reported. On Saturday, Karnataka reported 104 new COVID-19 cases; fortunately, there were no fatalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Data from the health department’s daily bulletin show that of the 125 new cases, 94 originated from Bengaluru, the state capital. The southern state has 436 active cases, 360 of which were in Bengaluru, after 30 recoveries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
13 new cases were recorded from Mysuru, five from each of the districts of Dakshina Kannada and Hassan, two from each of the districts of Shivamogga and Vijayanagar, and one from each of the districts of Ballari, Chikkaballapura, Chikkamagaluru, and Davanagere. In the meantime, no new cases were reported in about 20 Karnataka districts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three districts, Hassan, Dakshina Kannada, and Bengaluru, reported one death each. The alert stated that all three of the people who died from the viral infection had co-morbidities and had complained of dyspnea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, the health department sent a circular on Monday that said, necessary precautionary measures are being taken in Karnataka in view of increased incidence of Covid-19 cases in the neighbouring states of Kerala & reporting of JN.1 variant in Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It continued, saying that samples of Covid-19 positive cases were examined for the recently identified Omicron variant of Covid-19, or JN.1, at NIV, Pune, and NCBS, Bengaluru. As of right now, the genome sequencing results of 60 samples\u2014out of 192 samples submitted\u2014are available. The JN.1 variation has been found in 34 occurrences in total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thirteen JN.1 cases total\u2014six from Mysuru, three from Mandya, one each from Ramanagara, Bengaluru Rural, Kodagu, and Chamarajanagar\u2014were identified inside the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The entire Covid tally for Karnataka was 40.89 lakhs. In the state, 3,155 samples were analysed; 2,072 of those samples underwent RT-PCR testing, and 1,083 underwent Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
40,324 people have died since the pandemic began, according to the state’s Case Fatality Rate, which was reported to be 2.4%. Out of the 436 active cases in the state, 400 individuals were hospitalised, including 29 patients in general wards and seven in the intensive care unit. The other patients were isolated in their homes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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