<span style="color: #222222;">Karnataka has reported more recoveries than the new Covid cases yesterday. 8,500 patients were discharged after recovery and 6,297 new COVID-19 cases were reported. The Covid recovery rate is around 84 percent. 66 fatalities were also reported.<br />''<br />''The total number of infections now stand at 7,76,901 and the death toll at 10,608.<br />''<br />''Following a significant rise in the State's testing capacity, Karnataka is now among the five States whose active cases have seen a considerable drop in the past few days. The number of daily new positive cases too has reduced in the past one week.<br />''<br />''A total of over 68,44,594 samples have been tested so far, out of which 98,236 were tested yesterday alone. 78 private labs and 42 government labs are involved in the covid tests.  Out of the fresh cases reported yesterday 2,821 cases were reported from Bengaluru Urban alone.  <br />''<br />''Bengaluru Urban district tops the list of positive cases, with a total of 3,12,842 , followed by Mysuru  45,644 and Ballari 36,076. As many as 1,03,945 active patients are taking treatment in various hospitals across the State among them  941 are in ICU. </span><br />