Karnataka records single-day spike of 149 COVID-19 cases; death toll reaches 40

Karnataka recorded a biggest single-day spike of 149 new positive cases of coronavirus, taking the number of infections in the state to 1,395, as three more COVID-19 related fatalities were reported, pushing the death toll to 40, the health department said on Tuesday.

It said 113 out of these 149 patients are with inter-state travel history.

Mandya district alone reported 71 cases and all of them had returned from Mumbai and tested positive in quarantine.

"These cases unfortunately they don't have any certificate, so they have not gone through any test before arriving.. as we had permitted travel of people from other states, these cases have come.

Yesterday's government decision to restrict people coming in from Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu for time being, it is a significant decision in this regard," Minister S Suresh Kumar, spokesperson for COVID-19 in the state, said.

Speaking to reporters here, Kumar said "we are at the 12th place in the country in terms of number of cases."
The Minister said "our current bed occupancy rate is 6.09 per cent, where as fatality rate 2.8 per cent."