<span style="color: #222222;">Karnataka today added 9543 new Covid 19 cases to the national pool. Thereby increasing the total active cases in Karnataka to 1,04,724.<br />''<br />''There were 79 deaths too reported due to Covid in the state. At the same time 6522 persons were discharged after recovery.<br />''<br />''The state conducted 67,857 covid tests which includes 41,808 RT PCR tests.<br />''<br />''Among the new cases the highest number of 4217 cases were detected in Bengaluru Urban district, followed by 952 in Mysuru, 460 in Dakshina Kannada and 408 in Hassana. There are 835 people in ICUs.<br />''<br />''According to the Covid war room data, the state has a recovery rate of 80.5 percent, daily growth rate of 1.4 percent and fatality rate of 1.5 percent.</span><br />