Karnataka and Kerala on Saturday reported their highest daily coronavirus cases count since the pandemic broke out in January last year. De...
Karnataka and Kerala on Saturday reported their highest daily coronavirus cases count since the pandemic broke out in January last year. Delhi, meanwhile, recorded its highest single-day toll from Covid-19.
Karnataka registered a record 29,438 cases and 208 deaths in one day on Saturday, reported The Times of India. The total active cases in the state were 2.3 lakh.
Bengaluru district accounted for 60% of the cases and 70% of the fatalities. It logged 17,432 Covid-19 cases, its highest single-day rise in infections. It also registered 149 deaths. Bengaluru currently accounts for over 1.6 lakh of Karnataka’s total active cases.
The Karnataka technical advisory committee on Covid-19 has asked the state government to impose strict curbs. “There are two main strategies,” Public Health Foundation of India’s Giridhar Babu told PTI. “First, we need to reduce the number of cases and that will happen only by a stringent lockdown for at least 14 days. And second, we should expand the bed capacity by taking as [many beds] as possible from private medical colleges, nursing homes and hospitals.”
To rein in the virus, the Karnataka government has imposed night and weekend curfews. The new restrictions, which also include curbs on businesses, will be in place till May 4.
