State COVID-19 fatalities reach new high
The Hindu
592 patients succumb to the disease in the last 24 hours
Karnataka on Friday logged the biggest single day spike in COVID-19 fatalities with 592 patients succumbing to the disease. Of these, 346 are from Bengaluru Urban alone. Of the 592 deaths, 58 died at home and 12 were declared brought dead at hospitals. The number of deaths have been on a steep rise since April 23. From 190 deaths on April 23, the toll increased to 217 on April 30 and 270 on May 1. Subsequently, 292 deaths were reported on May 4, 346 on May 5 and 328 on May 6. The number nearly doubled on May 7 with 592 deaths. While the day’s case fatality rate (CFR) for Karnataka stood at 1.21%, the cumulative average CFR continues to hover around 1% despite the huge caseload. The highest CFR during the first outbreak was around 1.6%.
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