19,067 new Covid cases spike in K'taka with 81 deaths

18 Apr, 2021

Bengaluru, April 18 (IANS) Amid the pandemic's rising second wave, a record 19,067 new Covid cases were registered across Karnataka in a day, including 12,793 in Bengaluru, while 81 patients succumbed to the infection, said the state health department's bulletin on Sunday.

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