Bengaluru: On Thursday April 22, Karnataka reported the highest single-day spike of 25,795 new COVID-19 cases and 123 deaths.  The state recorded its highest single-day increase of 23,558 cases on Wednesday.

So far, over 2,41,79,169 samples have been tested, with 1,62,534 samples being tested today. There were 15,244 new infections reported in Bengaluru Urban. 5,624 patients were released from the hospital following their recovery on the same day.

According to the Health Department, a total of 12,47,997 COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in the state as of April 22 evening, with 13,885 deaths and 10,37,857 discharges.

Reports suggests that 1,95,993 patients are in isolation at specified hospitals and are healthy, while 243 are in intensive care units. Although the day’s positivity rate was 15.87 percent, the case fatality rate (CFR) was 0.47 percent.

Bengaluru Urban had 68 deaths, followed by Kalaburagi (11), Ballari, Dharwad, and Tumakuru (5), Bengaluru Rural, Hassan, and Mandya (4).

Tumakuru reported 1,231 new cases, followed by Ballari (940), Mysuru (818), Hassan (689), and Kalaburagi (659).

With a total of 5,98,919 positive incidents, Bengaluru Urban district reported the highest number of cases followed by Mysuru 64,811 and Ballari 44,477.