angalore Live News: As Karnataka marks the first day of no Covid curfew since the third wave of the pandemic, the Health Minister on Friday said that the state has recorded 19.23% positivity rate. This comes as Karnataka recorded 48,049 new Covid-19 cases along with 22 deaths on Friday.

The capital city of Bengaluru alone has registered 29,068 fresh infections and six deaths.  The state currently has over 3.23 lakh active cases, the majority of which are from Bengaluru.