Bengaluru: Dr K Sudhakar Karnataka health minister has said that there will no state wide lockdown after CM Basavaraj Bommai announced a weekend curfew and additional curbs to contain Covid-19.
“There was no question” of imposing a state-wise lockdown, Sudhakar said to an interview to The New Indian Express. He added that curbs have been enforced in districts bordering Maharashtra and Kerala. The statement comes as Bengaluru witness an increasing number of hospital admissions for Covid-19, while the positivity rate has improved.
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As per report 156 patients were admitted in government quota beds across the city for the week ending August 7. The August 7 tally indicated a surge that the previous days where the admission was 127.
Covid-19 cases in Bengaluru had increased this month on a week-on-week basis for the first time in more than two months. Karnataka has reported 1,186 new cases of COVID-19 and 24 deaths, taking the total number of the infected to 29,19,711 and the fatalities to 36,817 till date, the Department of Health said on Monday. Also Read: Karnataka schools reopen from August 25: Education Minister B C Nagesh
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