Surge in Covid-19 cases in Bengaluru, CM warns of another lockdown
Chief minister BS Yediyurappa urged people to maintain social distancing and sanitisation to avoid another lockdown.
Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Thursday expressed concern over the rise in coronavirus cases in capital city Bengaluru and urged people to maintain social distancing and sanitisation to avoid another lockdown.
“I urge people to maintain social distancing and sanitisation if Bengalurians don’t want one more seal down,” the chief minister said.
Bengaluru has reported total 1,685 cases of coronavirus so far of which 418 people have recovered and 75 have succumbed to death. There are over 500 Covid-19 containment zones across the city currently. In the last 24 hours, Bengaluru reported over 170 fresh Covid-19 infections.
Karnataka’s Covid-19 tally has crossed the 10,000-mark. As of today, the state has 164 fatalities while 6,151 patients have recovered from the disease in the state.
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Karnataka has witnessed a surge in coronavirus cases. According to state data, within a month the state has reported nearly 7,000 more coronavirus cases.
On May 31, under lockdown 4, Karnataka reported 3,200 Covid-19 cases, of which Bengaluru accounted for over 350 cases. Under ‘Unlock 1’, on June 24, Karnataka’s Covid-19 tally crossed the 10,000-mark while Bengaluru reported over 1,600 cases in total, data published by Bangalore’s civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike shows.
On Monday Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai had said that clusters of Covid-19 areas in Bengaluru with 3 to 4 or more cases will be sealed and maximum testing will be conducted.
CM Yediyurappa had called an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss measures to control the surge in Covid-19 cases in Bengaluru.
Officials were directed by the CM to strictly implement lockdown measures in the clusters which have reported more number of infections.
A strict lockdown has been implemented in the clusters across Bengaluru that have reported a large number of Covid-19 cases.
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