Karnataka Covid lockdown news live: Despite surge, positivity rate is constant in south Karnataka districts

Although the number of fresh Covid cases are surging in South Karnataka in recent days, the positivity rate remains constant in all districts.In the southern region, Hassan recorded a highest positivity rate of 5.5% while Shivamogga recorded lowest positivity rate of 2.1%. According to the war room report dated April 13, the positivity rate in the preceding week in Hassan was 5.5%. It remained unchanged till Tuesday, April 20. Similarly Mysuru recorded 5% positivity rate, Chamarajanagar and Chikkamagalur (3.6%), Mandya (2.7%), Kodagu (2.2%) and Shivamogga (2.1%) and it continued till Tuesday in all districts.

Chaos reigned at various grocery stores, textile and jewellery establishments in Mangaluru on Thursday, with citizens resorting to panic buying against the backdrop of the Dakshina Kannada district administration’s crackdown on the operations of non-essential shops. Covid-19 cases have been on an upward spiral in the coastal district, compelling the district administration to initiate steps to check the transmission of the novel coronavirus.

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People bracing for the weekend curfew across Karnataka were in for a rude shock on Thursday as police teams went around markets in the afternoon, getting all non-essential commercial activities to shut down. Read more

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After the first alarm was sounded late last year about a second wave of Covid-19 that may hit Karnataka in April-May 2021, the state government squandered nearly three months that could have been used to bolster the health infrastructure and stockpile critical medical supplies. Read more