Karnataka reported another single-day highest 44,631 fresh cases of the COVID-19, taking the total number of people infected in the state to 16,90,934, a health bulletin said on Tuesday.
As many as 292 COVID-19 patients had succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of fatalities to 16,538.
A total of 1,53,707 people had undergone the COVID-19 tests in the past day and more than 29 per cent of them tested positive.
Bengaluru urban district reported the highest single-day rise of 20,870 cases, followed by Mysuru 2,293, Hassana 2,278, Tumakuru 1,636, Kalaburagi 1,162 and Mandya 1,506.
