Bengaluru, Nov 1, Nov. 2 -- In a dramatic turnaround, the case fatality rate due to the Covid pandemic dropped to 0.65 per cent in Karnataka in a day for the first time, said the state health bulletin on Sunday.

"Case fatality rate for the day (Saturday) declined to 0.65 per cent, while positivity rate decreased to 3.42 per cent on a single day," said the bulletin in a statement here.

Of 1,06,773 tests conducted in a day, 20,395 were through rapid antigen detection and 86,378 through RT-PCR.

Maintaining its upward trend, the recovery rate shot up to 7,65,261 till date, with 8,053 discharged across the southern state on Saturday, while 3,652 new cases were reported, taking the Covid tally to 8,27,064 so far, including 50,592 active case...