Karnataka reported 2,162 new Covid-19 cases and 48 deaths on Saturday, taking infection tally to 28,69,320 and the toll to 35,779.
In keeping with the trend, recoveries outnumbered fresh cases as 2,879 discharges on Saturday swelled the numbers to 27,96,377.
While the positivity rate for the day stood at 1.48%, same as Friday's, the case fatality rate (CFR) was 2.22%. As on July 10, the state has 37,141 active carriers of the virus.
Bengaluru Urban registered 452 fresh infections while Dakshina Kannada and Mysuru accounted for 218 and 211 cases respectively. Hassan and Udupi also reported cases in three figures with 178 and 113 cases.
Of the new fatalities reported on Friday, Dakshina Kannada accounted for 9 followed by Belagavi 6, Bengaluru Urban 5 and Mandya and Kolar 4 each.
As many as 1,45,666 samples were tested for Covid-19 on Saturday, taking the testing tally in the state to 3,57,75,720.