Another Biggest Daily Spike In Karnataka, Over 15,000 Cases In Bengaluru

Bengaluru Urban alone accounted for 15, 244 of the total number of cases.

Karnataka has reported another biggest single day spike of 25,795 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total caseload 12.47 lakh, the health department said on Thursday. 123 people in the state have died due to the disease in the same time period, pushing the overall death count to 13,885, it said. Bengaluru Urban alone accounted for 15, 244 of the total number of cases. It has now overtaken Pune as the city with the highest number of active cases. While Bengaluru currently has 1, 37, 813 active cases, Pune has 1,17, 337. The state had previously reported its biggest single day spike of 23,558 cases on Wednesday. The Karnataka government has announced a total of Rs 571 crore for COVID-19 management in the state amid a spike in cases.