<span style="color: #222222;">In Karnataka, 5,57,212 COVID-19 cases have been reported till date out of which 4,50,302 have recovered. Bengaluru Urban District has reported the highest of 2,12,547 positive cases and out of which 1,67,936 were discharged after recovery. The state has reported a recovery rate of 80.8 per cent and in Bengaluru Urban District the recovery rate is 79 per cent. The cases are doubling in 33 days which is an improvement over last month. The case fatality rate is also improving, declining to 1.5 per cent now. In the last three days, the positivity rate has stood at 14.2 per cent.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, a start-up incubated at the Indian Institute of Science has developed an indigenous RT-PCR diagnostic kit called GlobalTM that is said to be accurate and affordable. This COVID-19 virus testing kit has been approved for use in authorized COVID-19 diagnostic labs by the Indian Council of Medical Research. The test takes about 1.5 hours to confirm the presence of SARS-Cov2 in patients.</span><br />