After deciding to impose a week-long lockdown on Bengaluru Urban and Rural districts, Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa is under pressure to extend the measure to the rest of Karnataka as the number of Covid-19 positive cases set to breach the 40,000 mark in a day or two.
Update at 10am | 28,701 new Covid-19 cases & 500 deaths reported in India in the last 24 hours. Total positive cases stand at 8,78,254 including 3,01,609 active cases, 5,53,471 cured/discharged/migrated and 23,174 deaths: Ministry of Health
CT Ravi first state minister to test positive; kin await results
Karnataka tourism minister CT Ravi on Sunday became the first minister in the state to test positive for coronavirus. The Chikkamagaluru district minister said he is under home quarantine at his farmhouse outside the Malnad town. “I gave samples for Covid-19 tests thrice. First it was negative, but the second was positive. Result of the third test is awaited,” said Ravi.
Karnataka ramps up tests; July daily avg far better than June’s
Karnataka, which had come under criticism for not testing enough, has tested nearly 1.8 lakh samples in 11 days this month, at a daily average of 16,277, compared to 10,905 a day in the month of June.
From just 5% in June, positivity rate in Bengaluru rocketed to 20-22% in July
Karnataka’s Covid-19 curve has rocketed on each day in July, thanks largely to spiralling cases in Bengaluru, which has prompted the government to impose a seven-day lockdown beginning Tuesday night. Analysis of data for the 11 days in July shows that about 20-22 samples in every 100 returned positive — a rate that is three-four times that of June, when roughly five in every 100 tested positive.
Update at 10am | 28,701 new Covid-19 cases & 500 deaths reported in India in the last 24 hours. Total positive cases stand at 8,78,254 including 3,01,609 active cases, 5,53,471 cured/discharged/migrated and 23,174 deaths: Ministry of Health
CT Ravi first state minister to test positive; kin await results
Karnataka tourism minister CT Ravi on Sunday became the first minister in the state to test positive for coronavirus. The Chikkamagaluru district minister said he is under home quarantine at his farmhouse outside the Malnad town. “I gave samples for Covid-19 tests thrice. First it was negative, but the second was positive. Result of the third test is awaited,” said Ravi.
Karnataka ramps up tests; July daily avg far better than June’s
Karnataka, which had come under criticism for not testing enough, has tested nearly 1.8 lakh samples in 11 days this month, at a daily average of 16,277, compared to 10,905 a day in the month of June.
From just 5% in June, positivity rate in Bengaluru rocketed to 20-22% in July
Karnataka’s Covid-19 curve has rocketed on each day in July, thanks largely to spiralling cases in Bengaluru, which has prompted the government to impose a seven-day lockdown beginning Tuesday night. Analysis of data for the 11 days in July shows that about 20-22 samples in every 100 returned positive — a rate that is three-four times that of June, when roughly five in every 100 tested positive.
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