Karnataka yet again reported more than 40,000 Covid-19 cases with 44,631 cases on Tuesday, taking the total caseload to 16,90,934.
Bengaluru Urban district alone accounted for 20,870 of these infections with its active cases going up to 3,01,712.
Karnataka now has 4,64,363 active cases and its positivity rate stands at 29.03%. The state had reported 44,438 cases on Monday.
As many as 292 people died on Tuesday, taking the death toll to 16,538. Bengaluru alone saw 132 deaths.
As many as 12,10,013 people have so far been discharged, including 24,714 people on Tuesday alone. As many as 2,293 cases were reported in Mysuru, 2,278 in Hassan, 1,636 in Tumakuru, and 1,506 cases in Mandya.
Deaths have been reported in 26 districts, including 27 deaths in Ballari, 15 in Shivamogga, 14 in Tumakuru, 10 in Mysuru, eight each in Bagalkote, Chamarajanagar and Uttara Kannada, six each in Mandya and Haveri.
As many as 1,53,707 tests were done on Tuesday, including 1,40,609 using the RT-PCR and other methods taking the total tests done so far to 2.62 crore.
So far, 99.36 lakh people have received either the first or second dose of the Covid vaccine.