The positivity fee in Karnataka had climbed to about 40 per cent in the course of the second Covid wave. File
Bengaluru:
The Covid positivity fee in Karnataka, which had climbed to about 40 per cent final month when the state battled the lethal second wave of infections, dropped to under 5 per cent right now.
Over the previous 24 hours, 8,249 new Covid circumstances and 159 deaths have been reported within the state and the variety of lively circumstances at present stands at 2,03,769.
State Health Minister Dr Ok Sudhakar tweeted that the full variety of recoveries within the state has crossed the 25-lakh mark with 14,975 folks recovering during the last 24 hours.
“With 1,69,695 tests & 8,249 cases Karnataka’s positivity rate drops below 5% to 4.86%,” he tweeted.
🔹Total variety of recoveries in Karnataka crosses 25 lakh with 14,975 recoveries in final 24 hours incl 4,769 in Bengaluru.
🔹With 1,69,695 checks & 8,249 circumstances Karnataka’s positivity fee drops under 5% to 4.86%
🔹With 62,515 checks & 1,154 circumstances Bengaluru’s TPR stands at 1.84%.
— Dr Sudhakar Ok (@mla_sudhakar) June 11, 2021
The minister added that state capital Bengaluru had recorded 1,154 circumstances over the previous 24 hours and the positivity fee there stands at 1.84 per cent.
The new numbers will come as a reduction for the residents of the state, the place every day case counts had crossed the 50,000-mark final month when the second wave pushed up circumstances and deaths in a number of elements of the nation.
The state authorities, nonetheless, will not be taking possibilities. The lockdown restrictions within the state have been prolonged by per week, until June 21. The 11 districts, the place the positivity fee continues to be excessive, proceed to have stringent curbs in place.
For districts the place the positivity fee has dropped under 15 per cent, the state authorities has given some relaxations.
The evening curfew from 7 pm to five am continues to be in power throughout all districts. The weekend curfew additionally will proceed.
Speaking to the media yesterday after the state authorities determined to increase the lockdown, Health Minister Dr Sudhakar had mentioned the federal government would maintain a gathering earlier than June 21 to take inventory of the Covid state of affairs and accordingly resolve on what curbs ought to proceed.
He had mentioned that whereas every day case rely in capital Bengaluru had dropped, folks ought to proceed to observe Covid-appropriate behaviour to stop one other spike. “Without the cooperation of the citizens, it will be very difficult. Till the two doses of vaccines are given to all the people, the chances of (cases) spiking is like a hanging sword, so we need to be extremely careful,” he had mentioned.