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Karnataka: Dakshina Kannada tops in daily Covid-19 cases, death count

BENGALURU: Karnataka on Sunday reported 1,431 fresh Covid-19 cases, including 305 in Bengaluru. There were 21 new deaths due to the infection in the state, while three of them were in the state capital.

With more than 1.5 lakh tests conducted in the last 24 hours, the day’s test positivity rate was slightly over 0.9%. The day’s case fatality rate was less than 1.5%.

Yadgir was the only district without a single Covid case on the day, while 12 other districts reported infections in single digits. Eleven districts reported no deaths.

Dakshina Kannada reported the highest number of deaths (4) as well as infections,

311. Till 3.30pm on Sunday, more than 1.1 lakh people were vaccinated against Covid-19, of which 30,000 were second doses.

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