BENGALURU : As Karnataka's capital city Bengaluru is seeing a significant rise in Covid cases, the civic body in the city has made wearing of masks mandatory in public places and decided.
According to the state health department, Bengaluru urban district reported 100 new infections in a 24-hour-period on 23 May, which has more than doubled to 291 on Sunday, the state health department said in its daily health bulletin.
Karnataka on Sunday witnessed 301 new Covid-19 cases and one fatality, the State Health department said. The new cases took the overall virus tally in the state to 39,53,359 while one death pushed the toll to 40,066. Here are ten big updates to Karnataka's big story -The Bengaluru Civic body has decoded to increase the tests for the virus from the existing 16,000 a day to 20,000 a day. -Bengaluru, the civic agency in the city has made masks compulsory in public places and decided to increase the tests for the virus from the existing 16,000 a day to 20,000 a day. -Karnataka's state health department has alerted that the number of Covid cases in the city has doubled in a fortnight therefore painting a rather grim picture of the future -Karnataka on Sunday witnessed 301 new Covid-19 cases and one fatality, the State Health department said.
The new cases took the overall virus tally in the state to 39,53,359 while one death pushed the toll to 40,066. -Earlier, the Centre had written to the Karnataka government advising them to follow a five-fold strategy i.e test - track - treat - vaccination and also follow Covid-19 appropriate behaviour, monitoring clusters of new COVID-19 cases and adequate testing as per the guidelines.