1,839 new corona cases in Karnataka, 42 more deaths

Bengaluru:  A record 42 more corona patients succumbed even as 1,839 new patients reported in Karnataka took the state’s total tally to 21,549 cases, an official said on Saturday.
The new cases were reported from 5 pm on Friday to 5 pm on Saturday.
Among the dead were 24 patients from Bengaluru Urban alone, followed by six in Bidar, four in Dakshina Kannada, three each in Dharwad and Kalaburagi, and one each in Bengaluru Rural and Hassan.
Bengaluru continues to lead in the corona caseload in the southern state with 1,172 new cases, taking its total tally to 8,345 cases, including 7,250 active cases.
The tech city thus accounts for 61 per cent of the state’s 11,966 active cases.
Among the new cases reported on Saturday, excluding Bengaluru, Dakshina Kannada accounted for 75 cases, followed by Ballari (73), Bidar (51), Dharwad (45), Raichur (41), Mysuru (38), Kalaburagi and Vijayapura (37 each).