How to check COVID-19 test result online in Karnataka
Bengaluru, Aug 19: The Karnataka Government has launched a portal where you can check COVID-19 tests online.
Karnataka has conducted 20 lakh COVID-19 tests from March 23 and August 16. It is one of the top states in the country where number of tests are concerned.
Meanwhile on Tuesday, Karnataka reported 7,665 new cases of COVID-19 and 139 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 2,40,948 and death toll to 4,201, the health department said.
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The day also saw recoveries overtaking the number of new positive cases, with 8,387 patients getting discharged.
Of
the
fresh
cases
reported
today,
2,242
cases
were
from
Bengaluru
urban
alone.
As
of
August
18
evening,
cumulatively
2,40,948
COVID-19
positive
cases
have
been
confirmed
in
the
state,
which
include
4,201
deaths
and
1,56,949
discharges,
the
health
department
said
in
its
bulletin.
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Of 79,782 active cases, 79,085 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and stable, while 697 are in ICU.
The bulletin said 49 out of 139 deaths reported on Tuesday are from Bengaluru urban, followed by Dharwad (10), Ballari and Dakshina Kannada (9), Bidar (8), Belagavi and Hassan (7), Mysuru (6), Raichur and Tumkur (4); Bengaluru Rural, Haveri, Shivamogga, Vijayapura and Yadgir (3), Gadag, Kalaburagi and Mandya (2), and Bagalkote, Chamarajanagara, Davangere, Koppal and Uttara Kannada (1).
Most of the dead are either with a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) or Influenza-like illness (ILI).
To check your COVID-19 test online you can visit https://www.covidwar.karnataka.gov.in/service1. Once on the page you will need to enter your SRF ID and the Captcha Code and then click on search.