BENGALURU : Karnataka on Friday reported 44 fresh cases of covid-19 that takes the state's tally to 359. This is the highest single day increase in cases in the state since the first was detected on 8 March largely due to an increase in testing of primary, secondary and other persons with respiratory infections and influenza like symptoms. “As of 5:00 PM of 17 April 2020, cumulatively 359 covid-19 ositive cases have been confirmed in the state, it includes 13 deaths & 88 discharges," the state health department said in its daily bulletin.
This is the third consecutive day of record single-day increase in Karnataka that had so far appeared to have contained the spread of the disease.