<span style="color: #222222;">In Karnataka, during the last 24 hours, 453 people have tested positive for COVID-19 taking the total number of affected people to 9,150. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In a single day today 225 people were discharged from various hospitals in the State after recovery and the total number of discharged people has reached 5,618.  With five more deaths today the COVID death toll has risen to 137 in the state. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">12,872 sample swab tests were conducted in various districts in the State and the total sample test has increased to 5,06,765. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The total active cases stood as 3,391 in the State. Today 196 positive cases were reported in the Bengaluru city taking the total cases to 1,272 in the city.</span><br />''