new Delhi: According to the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Karnataka recorded zero Covid deaths in the last 24 hours, which is the first time since June 5, 2020, that no death has been recorded in the state.
The department said that although the number of Covid cases has come down drastically, it took some time for the deaths to come down. At the height of the second wave during March, April, May and June of 2021, Karnataka recorded triple-digit deaths on a daily basis.
By January 2022, as predicted omicron The variant would wreak havoc, had the vaccination drive put an end to the mortality rate in the state.
For the last nine days, the state has recorded single-digit Covid deaths. Karnataka has so far recorded a total of 40,018 deaths since the start of the pandemic in early 2020.
Karnataka is ahead of Maharashtra and Kerala in terms of deaths due to Kovid in the country. The capital city Bengaluru (16,942) has the highest number of deaths in the state.
Mysore is second with 2,557 deaths, followed by Dakshina Kannada district (1,838) bordering Kerala, while Yadgir has recorded the lowest number of 212.
The data released on Sunday evening said that Karnataka registered 164 new Covid cases against 130 recoveries. The active cases in the state stood at 2,656. Bengaluru Urban reported 112 Covid cases, while 14 districts did not report a single one.