In Pics | Bengaluru deals with surge in Covid-19 cases, deaths

Bengaluru’s hospitals are running out of oxygen and are desperately looking for beds in other hospitals to accommodate patients. The situation took a grim turn when the city crossed the 11,000-mark in new cases on a single day. Private hospitals’ association wrote to the health minister to intervene. Credit: DH Photo/Janardhan B K//Pushkar V

Bengaluru Urban reported record 11,404 new Covid-19 cases and 43 deaths on April 17.

Karnataka recorded its biggest single-day spike of 14,859 cases on April 16.

Bengaluru Urban district tops the list of positive cases, with a total of 5,33,842, followed by Mysuru 60,974 and Ballari 41,853.

Among discharges too, Bengaluru Urban tops the list with 4,41,054, followed by Mysuru 56,782 and Ballari 39,567.

The total number of infections in the state currently stand at 11,41,998 and the death toll at 13,270.