Corona cases continue to surge in the Silicon Valley of India. Bengaluru Urban recorded 4,623 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, taking its total numbers to 2,81,557, overhauling the city of Mumbai, which has recorded 2,27,276 total cases so far. The city has recorded several cases than only New Delhi in India, which has registered a total tally of 3,06,559. Bengaluru has 66,854 active cases with a positivity rate of 13.43%, higher than the state's average of 11.93%, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) said in its daily COVID-19 bulletin.
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Out of the total 2.8 lakh cases, 2,11,358 have improved from the coronavirus with 2,656, discharged in the last 24-hour period. The city reported 24 deaths due to the virus on Sunday, taking its toll to 5,364 since the pandemic broke out in the southern state on March 8. The number of tests done so far stands at 20,96,118. The list of containment zones has not been updated by the BBMP over the last few days and continues to remain at 18 active zones. Meanwhile, reversing the trend after four consecutive days of the surge, recovery of 10,107 patients outnumbered 9,523 new cases across Karnataka till Saturday night.
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"With 10,107 recovering in the last 24 hours, 5,80,054 have been discharged till date from across the state, while its COVID-19 tally rose to 7,10,309, including 1,20,270 active cases and 75 succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours taking the death toll to 9,966 so far," said the state health bulletin on Sunday. Bengaluru Urban accounted for about 50% of the state's caseload on Sunday.
