BENGALURU : Karnataka reported seven more covid-19 related fatalities recording the highest single day increase in the state that takes the toll so far to 98.This includes five people from Bengaluru, one each from Ramanagara and Bidar, according to the daily bulletin of the health department.The state also confirmed 317 new covid-19 cases that takes the tally so far to 7530 of which 2976 are active.More worrying is that only 186 of the 317 are people who came in from other countries or states, indicating that 131 cases are local and could add to the challenges of the administration in controlling the further spread of the virus into the community.The surge in local cases comes a day before chief minister B.S.Yediyurappa's scheduled (online).