Karnataka on Tuesday reported less than 15,000 as many as 14,366 new COVID cases, showing a massive drop in daily COVID count. Today’s count is about 71% lower than yesterday’s numbers. On Monday, the state had reported 24,172 cases, the state health department data revealed.
Currently, the positivity rate in the Karnataka stands at 13.45% and the active caseload is 1,97,725. Of the new cases recorded today, a total of 6,685 were reported from Bengaluru. The active cases in the state stand around 10,500. In the last 24 hours, Karnataka also saw 58 deaths, of which 7 were reported from the capital city, and 60,914 discharges.
As many as 1,06,799 swab samples were tested the day before. After a massive rise in cases over the first three weeks of January, the daily count started coming down from late last week. On Sunday, the Karnataka had reported 28,264 fresh Covid-19 cases and 68 deaths. Also, 33,337 new Covid infections and 70 deaths on Saturday.
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Karnataka had seen a decline in new Covid cases on Friday at 31,198, while the state had recorded 50 deaths. Karnataka government’s decision to end the night curfew and several other relaxations related to Covid-19 curbs was implemented from Monday. Earlier, in view of the rising COVID-19 cases in the state, the government had imposed curbs including night curfew and weekend curfew from January 4.
Karnataka: You will get wine in supermarkets and walk-in stores
Karnataka wine in supermarkets and walk-in stores: Following the footsteps of Maharashtra, the Karnataka government is also likely to approve the sale of wine in supermarkets and walk-in stores. Karnataka Excise Minister K Gopalaiah on Sunday said that the state government will send a team to Maharashtra to study the model and will decide the implementation of the same thereof.
“It is newly introduced. We will send a committee to study it and will make a decision based on their report,” Gopalaiah told media. The minister clarified it is not necessary that the Karnataka government will adopt the same just because Maharashtra has.
“We will have to see if it helps the government and also that it does not affect businesses,” he added. In comparison to Maharashtra, Karnataka has fewer wine growers therefore the grape wine production in the state is not as high as Maharashtra’s. “There are more wine growers in Maharashtra.
In Karnataka, there are a maximum of around 5% wine traders. There are very few wineries here,” Vice President of the Federation of Wine-Merchants of Karnataka, Karunakar Hegde told media. Hegde also said that the sale of wine is more in urban areas compared to rural.
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