The Karnataka district bordering Kerala continues to top the daily Covid-19 cases in, as the state reported 1,826 new cases and 33 deaths, taking the total number of infections to 29,22,875 and death toll to 36,881, the health department said on Wednesday.

IN the wake of rising covid cases in the state, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is scheduled to visit Mangaluru and Udupi districts on Thursday to review the Covid situation there.  The state government is seriously concerned over the increasing number of cases in Mangaluru district and has intensified the measures at the check posts with Kerala. However, the districts bordering Maharashtra have not seen a rise in the number of Covid cases.

The state currently 22,851 active cases, while 33 persons succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours. Karnataka currently has a test positivity rate of 1.09 percent, while its fatality rate stood at 1.80 percent. In Bengaluru, the number of micro containment zones is seeing a steady rise and presently stands at 166.

The city's positivity rate remained at 0.59 percent, while five persons died due to Covid in Bengaluru in the past 24 hours.

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