COVID-19: Bengaluru fatality rate lowest among major cities, says Minister
Bengaluru/UNI: Bengaluru's Covid-19 fatality rate (1.1 per cent) is the lowest among all major cities in the country, Karnataka Minister for Health Dr K Sudhakar said on Wednesday.
"With 3,36,880 recoveries and 17,707 active cases as on Tuesday, the city's recovery rate stands at a healthy 93.94 per cent and active rate stands at 4.93 per cent", he tweeted.
On Tuesday, Karnataka reported 1,336 new cases of Covid-19 and 16 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 8,64,140 and the death toll to 11,557 in the State.
Union Health Ministry on Wednesday reported a single-day rise of 38,617 new Covid-19 cases and 474 fatalities pushing India's virus caseload to 89.12 lakh and toll to 1.30 lakh.
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