The second wave of the pandemic is hitting hard and each day is a new record of sorts.
Today the State of Karnataka saw 48296 cases while Belagavi saw 514 new COVID cases.
This is a consecutive second day figure of 500+ for Belagavi district.
With average daily tests of 6500 the Positivity rate stands at an average of 9% from April 24.
| Daily tests | Positives | Positivity rate | |
| April 24 | 7435 | 313 | 4.21 % |
| April 25 | 9233 | 336 | 3.64 % |
| April 26 | 2160 | 312 | 14.44 % |
| April 27 | 14313 | 219 | 1.53 % |
| April 28 | 3683 | 360 | 9.77% |
| April 29 | 3102 | 545 | 17.57 % |
| April 30 | 4568 | 514 | 11.25 % |
This single digit figure looks very good, but there is also the factor of under-reporting of cases. But the District admnistartion denies any such act of ommission.
Kodagu topped the state table in the COVID positivity rate at 22.4% on Thursday.
The positivity rate for April 29 was 19.92%, the Case Fatality Rate (CFR) touched 0.77% for the state.