Breaking: Karnataka withdrawn night curfew, open school from Monday: Govt issued new guidelines

Night curfew will be withdrawn in Karnataka from Monday and schools and colleges in Bengaluru will reopen, with hospitalisation due to Covid-19 decreasing in Karnataka and the recovery rate going up.

As part of revised guidelines, Night curfew will be withdrawn in Karnataka from Monday, metro rail and other public transport will run at their sitting capacity as well. Hotels, restaurants, clubs, pubs and bars will be allowed to function with full capacity, though theatres, auditoriums and multiplexes have been capped at 50 per cent capacity.

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Up to 300 people can attend marriages, and religious places can open to 50 per cent capacity. Gyms and swimming pools too can operate with 50 per cent capacity, according to the revised guidelines.

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Covid-19 death cases rises day by day in Karnataka, fatality rates are 0.16%

Covid-19 cases sees decline in state, but Covid-19 death cases rises day by day in Karnataka, fatality rates are 0.16%. With 31,198 fresh cases, Karnataka COVID-19 caseload reached 37,23,694, while 50 deaths took the death count to 38,804, the health department said.

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Fresh infections saw in Karnataka a dip by about 7,000 Covid-19 cases compared to Thursday when the number was 38,083, the department said in its bulletin. It added that 71,092 people were discharged, taking the total number of recoveries to 33,96,093. The positivity and case fatality rates for the day were at 20.91 per cent and 0.16 per cent, respectively. Active cases stood at 2,88,767.

Bengaluru contributed about 50 per cent of the infections of the day with 15,199 covid-19 cases. The city also reported eight deaths. Other districts too had fresh cases including 1,877 in Mysuru, 1,500 in Dharwad, 1,315 in Tumakuru and 1,037 in Hassan. There were zero fatalities in 11 districts.

A total of 1,49,174 samples were tested in the state including 1,06,749 RT-PCR tests on Friday, taking the cumulative number of specimens examined to 6.14 crore. There were 1,97,361 inoculations done taking the total vaccinations to 9.47 crore, the department said.