bengaluru karnataka reported 35297 new cases of covid19 and 344 deaths on thursday taking the total number of infections to 2088488 and the toll to 20712 the health department saidthe day also saw 34057 patients getting discharged after recoveryof the 35297 fresh cases reported on thursday 15191 were from bengaluru urban aloneon thursday 15191 new cases were reported in bengaluru while 16084 people recovered from covid19sixteen districts reported 5 or less fatalities due to covid19 health minister k sudhakar tweetedas of may 13 evening cumulatively 2088488 covid19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state which includes 20712 deaths and 1474678 discharges the health department said in its bulletintotal number of active cases in the state stood at 593078while the positivity rate for the day stood at 2764 per cent case fatality rate cfr was at 097 per centamong 344 deaths reported on thursday 161 are from bengaluru urban mysuru 15 ballari and uttara kannada 14 bengaluru rural 13 madya and tumakuru 11 hassan and shivamogga 10 followed by othersballari recorded 1865 cases tumakuru 1798 myauru 1260 mandya 1153 bengaluru rural 1079 followed by othersbengaluru urban district tops the list of positive cases with a total of 1014996 followed by mysuru 105487 and tumakuru 74371among discharges too bengaluru urban tops the list with 646305 followed by mysuru 88091 and tumakuru 49692a total of over 27521028 samples have been tested so far of which 127668 were tested on thursday alone