BENGALURU : Karnataka recorded its highest single day increase in the number of covid-19 patients, as 17 people tested positive.
The state’s tally is 232, of which 172 cases are active. “As of 5:00 PM of 12th April 2020, Cumulatively 232 covid-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, it includes six deaths & 54 discharges," the state health department said in a statement on Sunday.
The rise in numbers coming a day after the state government proposed staggered lifting of the lockdown over the next 15 days to allow small establishments, businesses to resume operations in the hope to return some semblance of normalcy to the state.