Karnataka would seem breach with the third wave of the coronavirus which smashed off the humanbeing in its first two spells. The swab reports of the suspects that tested till 8.30am on Friday, Dec 31, stated the positives numbers breached a thousand mark halting at 1033. Bengaluru Urban district has highest ever with 810 cases.

The total number of active cases in Karnataka now stands at 9,386 of which 7,876 are in Bengaluru. The last time when the state had seen over 1,000 cases in a single day was on September 9 last year when it recorded 1,074 cases.
Of the five deaths recorded by the state health department, two are from Bengaluru and one each from Tumkuru, Mandya and Uttara Kannada.

Dakshina Kannada reported 48 cases, Mysuru 29, Balagavi 10, Mandya 23 and Udupi 28. On the positive front, Ramanagara, Raichuru, Gadag, Haveri, Yadagiri, Chikkaballapura and Davangere did not report a single Covid-19 case.
The positivity rate for the day stood at 0.86 per cent and the case fertility rate was 0.48 per cent.

The health wing officials of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) said the number of cases will rise in the coming days. “We are awaiting the genome sequencing reports of the samples we have sent. In the past few days, several clusters were reported across the city which pushed the number of cases. It is imperative to adhere to the Covid protocols,” the official said.