Karnataka reports 8,324 fresh Covid-19 cases and 115 deaths

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Bengaluru, August 29 2020: As many as 8,324 fresh Covid cases were reported in the state on Saturday with 115 deaths. The day also saw 8,110 discharges taking the number of recoveries to more than 2.35 lakh.

Bengaluru Urban reported 2.993 cases followed by Ballari (468) cases, Davangere (319), Hassan (325) and Mysuru 309 cases.

Out of the 115 deaths, 19 were due to non-Covid reasons. The total number of Covid cases is more than 3.27 lakh in the state and 721 in the ICU. A total of 72,684 tests were done on Saturday out of which 25,453 are antigen tests.

Bagalkote, Bengaluru Rural, Gadag, Kalaburagi, Chikkamagaluru, Chikkaballapura and Udupi were among the districts which also reported fresh Covid-19 cases.

The department said 11 deaths due to coronavirus were reported today in Mysuru, nine each in Dharwad and Haveri, seven in Dakshina Kannada, six in Hassan, five each in Shivamogga and Tumakuru.

Deaths were also reported in Bagalkote, Belagavi, Chikkamagaluru, Davangere, Kalaburagi, Vijayapura, Kolar, Koppal and Mandya.

While a majority of those who died were above 50 years, there were young people who succumbed to the infection.

There were two people in their teens (14 and 17), who hailed from Mysuru, six in their thirties and 11 in their 40s.

Most of those who died of coronavirus had Severe Acute Respiratory Illness or Influenza-Like Illness.

The department said as of today, 3,98,584 lakh people were home quarantined whereas, in the past 14 days, 3.72 lakh primary contacts and 3.16 lakh secondary contacts have been traced.