Bengaluru, Jul 8: Karnataka reports 2,530 fresh cases of the COVID-19 disease in the last 24-hours

taking the total number of people infected from the pandemic so far in the state to 28,64,868 on Thursday.

According to official sources, as many as 62 covid-19 patients had succumbed to the disease in the last 24-hours

taking the total number of fatalities due to the pandemic in the state to 35663.

The sources said that while as many as 3344 covid-19 patients got discharged from various hospitals in the

state there are 38729 active cases across the state.

In the last 24-hours, as many as 157552 people got COVID-19 tests and the positivity rate for the

day stood at 1.60 percent and the case fatality rate accounted for 2.45 percent, the sources added. (UNI)