There have been a surge in corona cases in Karnataka. With the continuing increase in daily COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, the state crossed the six-lakh mark for combined positive cases on Wednesday. At the end of Wednesday, the number of cases in Karnataka and Bengaluru were 6,01,767 and 2,32,663 respectively. With this Bengaluru also has the second-highest number of cases among Indian metros after Delhi while Karnataka has the third-highest number of cases among states after Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh.

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These unenviable breakthroughs came after on Tuesday, both statewide and Bengaluru saw the highest ever daily progress of COVID-19 cases since the onset of the pandemic on March 8. While statewide the number of cases rose by 10,453 for the day, in Bengaluru the cases rose by 4,868.  But experts say that while the situation is far from ideal, comparing the number of positive cases in isolation will paint a misleading picture of the situation. This is because more positive cases may be a result of higher testing.

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Instead, epidemiologists say that the two metrics that should be examined are the positivity rate and the case fatality rate (CFR). While the WHO recommends keeping the positivity rate to below 5%, the Union Government has aimed to bring CFR to below 1%.  Speaking with a leading daily, Dr. Giridhar Babu, part of the Union government’s COVID-19 research task force on Epidemiology and Surveillance and also part of Karnataka’s Technical Committee, said no state or city should claim credit for recording a low number of cases. 

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