Bengaluru: Karnataka's overall Covid-19 tally crossed 3 lakh-mark on Wednesday with record 8,580 new cases getting detected in the last 24 hours.
The southern Indian state is one of the worst covid-19 affected regions in the country with 83,608 active cases and over 5,000 fatalities.The death toll mounted to 5,091 as 133 more people succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours.
Bengaluru accounted for 31 deaths reported on Wednesday while Mysuru reported 20 fatalities, according to the daily bulletin issued by the state's health department.The total number of active cases in Bengaluru increased to 36,053 as 3,284 more people tested positive.