A BBMP team conducts rapid antigen tests in BengaluruKarnataka government issued an order lifting Sunday and night curfews from August 1, and allowed gyms and yoga institutes to reopen from August 5 in line with the Centre’s Unlock 3.0 guidelines.
*ANI update at 9.48am: India reports single-day spike of 56,282 new Covid-19 cases and 904 deaths in the last 24 hours. The Covid tally of the country rises to 19,64,537 including 5,95,501 active cases
*ANI update at 9.02am: The total number of Covid-19 samples tested up to 5th August is 2,21,49,351 including 6,64,949 samples tested yesterday: ICMR
*Karnataka on Wednesday crossed the 1.5-lakh mark in total Covid-19 positive cases and, in a major relief, its total number of recoveries surpassed that of active cases.
*According to the health department, the Karnataka has reported 1,51,449 positive cases till date and 73,958 of them are active.
*Karnataka reported 5,619 new cases and 5,407 discharges in the past 24 hours.
*Among the new Covid cases, 1,848 positive cases were reported from Bengaluru, taking the Bengaluru’s total tally to 64,881.
*Karnataka reported 100 more deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the toll to 2,804.
*Bengaluru reported 29 deaths, Mysuru 11and Dakshina Kannada 10 deaths.