With 6,974 new cases, the tally in Karnataka rises to 5,33,850; State sees 83 new deaths
Bengaluru Urban, which is a major contributor to the spiralling cases of COVID-19 in Karnataka, breached the two lakh mark on Tuesday with 3,082 new cases.
With a total of 2,00,728 positive cases, Bengaluru is now the third city in the country after Pune and Delhi to have crossed the two lakh mark.
The number of cases in the capital city started spiralling from the first week of July. From 4,555 cases on June 30, cases rose to 22,944 till July 15. By August 31, the number touched 1,27,336. After this, the city added 49,376 cases to its tally in 15 days taking the total number to 1,76,712. And, in another seven days, the tally crossed the two lakh mark.
In active cases, Bengaluru now is second highest after Pune. With total discharges at 1,58,029, Bengaluru has 39,983 active cases. As many as 4,145…