Karnataka on Thursday reported the highest single day death toll with 270 deaths.
But these deaths date as far back as April 3 to April 28.
Karnataka registered 35,024 fresh Covid-19 infections, a dip of over 4,000 cases from Wednesday, taking the caseload and toll to 14,74,846 and 15,306 respectively. The state had reported 39,047 fresh cases on Wednesday.
There are 3,49,496 active cases, including 2,431 in the ICU, whereas 14,142 patients were discharged on Thursday, taking the total recoveries to 11,10,025.
Bengaluru Urban district alone contributed 19,637 fresh infections and 143 deaths, taking the total infections and fatalities to 7,29,984 and 6,282 respectively.
The city alone now has 2,37,518 active cases. As many as 1,219 cases were reported in Mysuru, 1,175 in Dakshina Kannada, 1,129 in Bengaluru Rural, and 957 in Kalaburagi.
There were 1,75,816 tests done on Thursday, including 1,60,698 RT-PCR tests, pushing the total tests done to 2.54 crore. More than 93.63 lakh people have been inoculated in the state so far.