760 recoveries outnumber 428 new Covid cases in Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jan 28 : With 760 patients discharged, recoveries outnumbered 428 new Covid cases in a day across Karnataka, said the state health bulletin on Wednesday.
“Recoveries rose to 9,18,859 so far, with 760 discharged during the day, while 428 new cases on Tuesday increased the state’s Covid-19 tally to 9,37,383, including 6,298 active cases,” said the bulletin.
With only 3, including one each in Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural and Dharwada districts, succumbing to the infection, the state’s death toll increased to 12,207 since the pandemic broke out on March 8 last year.
In Bengaluru, 227 fresh cases were registered on Tuesday, taking its Covid tally to 3,97,836, including 4,383 active cases, while recoveries rose to 3,89,440, with 478 discharged in the last 24 hours.
Of the 147 patients in intensive care units (ICUs), 72 are in Bengaluru hospitals and 13 in Kalaburagi district, with the rest spread in the remaining 28 districts across the southern state.
Out of 58,695 tests conducted in the day, 2,937 were through rapid-antigen and 55,758 through RT-PCR method.