Covid-19 Cases Rises in Karnataka: Separate guidelines for school children

Covid 19 cases in India are increasing again. Along with this the threat of JN.1 sub-variant is seen with the first case reported in Kerala. Covid-19 Cases Rises in Karnataka: separate guidelines for school children.

Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa said that we will release separate guidelines for school children on the advice of the Health Department against the backdrop of the increasing covid-19 cases in state. Speaking to reporters in the city on Thursday, he said, “We will consider the guidelines of the health department.

We are deciding what action to take for school students. On the other hand, he said that he has already discussed this issue with the Chief Minister and has asked him to increase the number of Covid tests. Talking about Covid cases in India, India recorded 594 fresh COVID-19 infections on Thursday while the number of active cases rose to 2,669 from 2,311 the previous day.

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The death toll rose to 5,33,327 as six more people three from Kerala, two from Karnataka and one from Punjab succumbed to the viral disease. After nearly 10 months, the number of active cases in Karnataka crossed 100 on Thursday. With 24 new cases, the total number of positive patients in the state has reached 40,89,174 and active cases have reached 105.

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Bangalore continues to be the hotspot of COVID-19 in the state, with over 88% of the total active cases from the city. In the last 24 hours, 1,540 tests were conducted in the city, of which 23 were confirmed positive. 2,263 tests were done on Thursday and the test positivity rate was 1.06%. Of the 105 active cases, 20 patients were hospitalized in nine ICUs.