As India stands on the second position of maximum cases of corona in the world, there has been a surge in cases in southern India. Karnataka on Sunday reported its largest single-day surge of 9,894 new COVID-19 cases and 104 deaths, taking the total number of infections to 4,59,445 and the death toll to 7,265, the Health Department said in its daily bulletin. A total of 8,402 improvements were also reported on the day. The previous biggest single-day spike was registered on September 2 with 9,860 cases.

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Out of 9,894 fresh cases reported on Sunday, 3,479 cases were from Bengaluru Urban alone. Over the past week, Bengaluru has reported over 3,000 COVID-19 cases on each day. Between September 8 and September 12, Bengaluru reported 3102, 3419, 3161, 3426 and 3552 COVID-19 cases.  As of September 13 evening, cumulatively 4,59,445 COVID-19 cases have been verified in the state, which includes 7,265 deaths and 3,52,958 discharges, the Health Department said in its bulletin.

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It said that out of 99,203 active cases, 98,396 patients were in isolation at designated hospitals and are stable, while 807 were in ICU. As many as 45 out of total 104 deaths reported on Sunday were from Bengaluru Urban, followed by Mysuru (15), Ballari (8), Dharwad (7), Shivamogga (5), Hassan (4), Dakshina Kannada, Koppal and Tumakuru (3), Gadag, Kolar and Raichur (2), and Chikkaballapura, Davangere, Haveri, Uttara Kannada and Vijayapura (1). Most of the dead were either with a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) or Influenza-like illness (ILI).

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