<span style="color: #222222;">The spread of COVID-19 pandemic in Karnataka remains under control with a positivity rate of 1.17 per cent and Case Fatality rate of point .91 per cent. The State reported 1,203 new COVID cases and 1,531 recoveries today. The recovery rate is 96.6 per cent. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">There are 18,254 active COVID cases in the State with 244 among them in ICU. There were 11 deaths reported due to the viral infection today. There are 78 private labs and 42 Government labs conducting COVID tests.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In the last 24 hours, 1,02,229 COVID tests were conducted and out of which 88,503 were RT PCR tests. Bengaluru urban district remains on top in terms of new COVID cases reported every day. There were 606 new positive cases reported today and six deaths. Mysuru, Dakshina Kannada and Chitradurga are other districts reporting around 50 COVID positive cases each today.</span><br />''