Bengaluru surged in the figures of daily COVID-19 cases on Saturday since the onset of the pandemic with a total of new 3,495 patients testing positive. With this, Bengaluru Urban came first in the list of positive cases with a total of 87,680 infections followed by Ballari 13,807 and Mysuru 9,915. Incidentally Karnataka statewide also reported the biggest single-day surge of over 8,800 new cases of COVID-19 and 114 related fatalities. The previous biggest single-day spike was recorded on Friday with 7,908 cases.
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With this, the total number of infections rose to 2,19,926, and the death toll went to 3,831 in the state, the health department said. The day also saw 6,629 patients getting discharged after recovery. As of August 15 evening, 2,19,926 positive cases have been confirmed and they included 3,831 deaths and 1,34,811 discharges, the health department said. It said that out of 81,276 active cases, 80,560 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and are stable while 716 are in the intensive care unit (ICU).
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A total of 35 out of 114 deaths reported on Saturday were from Bengaluru urban followed by Mysuru (10), Dharwad (7), Ballari and Dakshina Kannada (6), Belagavi, Davangre and Shivamogga (5), Hassan and Chikkamagaluru (4), Raichur and Bidar (3), Udupi, Vijayapura, Kalaburagi, Koppal, Tumakuru, Bengaluru Rural, Gadag and Haveri, and Mandya, Uttara Kannada, Yadgi, Chamarajanagara and Chikkaballapura (1).
