bengaluru karnatakas covid19 death tally crossed the 13000 mark on tuesday with 67 deaths while 8778 fresh cases took the overall tally of infections to 1083647 the health department saidaccording to the health bulletin the state has so far reported 13008 deaths and 980519 discharges cumulatively including 6079 on tuesday in the statethere were 78617 active cases in the state which includes 474 in icus the department addedbengaluru urban district alone contributed over 60 per cent of days cases and mortalities with 5500 fresh infections and 55 deaths on tuesdaythe city has so far reported 493869 infections and 4910 deaths there were 57575 active casesmysuru emerged as another major hotspot after bengaluru with 492 cases and two deathsaccording to the health bulletin 350 infections were reported in tumakuru 290 in kalaburagi 198 in bidar 168 in ballari 163 in bengaluru rural 150 in hassan 142 in dakshina kannada 132 in dharwad 114 in mandya and 105 in vijayapuracases were also reported in shivamogga raichur udupi uttara kannada yadgir kolar davangere chitradurga bagalkote and belagavibesides bengaluru and mysuru deaths have been reported in other districts as well four in kalaburagi two in bidar and one each in belagavi dharwad haveri and vijayapuraa majority of the people who lost their lives were above 50 years of age barring six who were in their 40sthere were 121899 tests done on tuesday including 111016 using the rt pcr and other methods taking the total tests done so far to 229 crore the department addedcumulative 6077 lakh vaccinations have been done so far since the inoculation drive started in the state on january 16