145 COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths in Karnataka

PTI, Mar 17, 2022, 7:55 AM IST

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Bengaluru: Karnataka on Wednesday registered 145 fresh COVID-19 cases and two virus-related deaths taking the fresh infections and fatalities to 39,44,186 and 40,026 respectively, the state health department said.

In its daily COVID-19 bulletin, the department said 392 people were discharged, taking the total number of recoveries to 39,02,028 while the state’s active cases tally stood at 2,092.

Bengaluru Urban district reported 97 viral infections and two COVID deaths. Other districts too had fresh cases, including 17 in Mysuru, eight in Chitradurga, and four each in Dharwad and Kalaburagi.

There were zero deaths in 30 districts, including zero infections and zero fatalities in 15 districts.

The test positivity rate (TPR) for the day was 0.35 percent and the case fatality rate was 1.38 percent.

As many as 41,097 tests were conducted, including 26,882 RT-PCR tests, taking the total tests so far to 6.51 crore.

There were 70,321 inoculations done taking the total vaccinations so far to 10.22 crore, the department said.