Karnataka recorded its third COVID-19 fatality this year with a 63-year-old male succumbing to septic shock, COVID-19 pneumonia, and multi-organ dysfunction on May 25 at a private hospital in Mysuru. The death was reported to the Health Department on Friday (May 30, 2025).

The patient, who was admitted to the hospital with breathlessness, altered sensorium, oliguria, and generalised swelling of the body, was vaccinated with two doses of Covishield and had chronic kidney disease (CKD) and bronchiectasis, a chronic lung condition.

The other two deaths were also reported in male patients. An 84-year-old in Bengaluru and a 70-year-old in Belagavi, who also had several comorbid conditions and developed COVID-19, succumbed to the disease on May 17 and May 26 respectively.

Active cases cross 200

With 114 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, the number of active cases touched 234. Of these, 11 are being treated in hospitals. While the test positivity rate touched 24.7%, case fatality rate touched 0.8%.

Meanwhile, the Health Department has directed hospitals to mandatorily test all SARI cases and 5% of ILI cases through RT-PCR in government laboratories only.