Karnataka has the country's highest doubling rate of 10 days in Covid cases. With a fatality rate of two percent, it holds the ninth place and with five percent positivity rate it occupies 12th place in the country. <br />'' <br />'' In the last five days, the state Covid growth rate is 7.3 percent and the recovery rate stands at 38.4 percent. Bengaluru urban district is hit the hardest with 18,828 active cases and 507 deaths due to Covid. <br />'' <br />'' The Bengaluru city Mayor Goutham Kumar has requested Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to extend lockdown duration from the present one week to 14 days to contain the virus.<br />''