The Covid-19 situation in Karnataka continues to worsen with the state recording over 50,000 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours.

As per the state’s latest Covid-19 bulletin, Karnataka has recorded 50,112 new cases, the highest ever single-day count for the state. Of these 50,112 cases, 23,106 were reported in the state capital Bengaluru.

The state also recorded 346 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours.

Karnataka’s daily test positivity rate has climbed to 32 per cent. In other words, every third person whose sample was tested, was found to have contracted the viral disease.