The recovery rate in Karnataka was twice as high as the 25,311 new Covid cases. The positivity rate has increased to 23.28%. Bengaluru, the state capital, continues to be the epicentre.
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With a large section of health experts across the country predicting the possibility of a third Covid wave, Karnataka on Thursday decided to set up a high-level task force, headed by famous heart surgeon Dr Devi Prasad Shetty, to prepare for it.
Briefing media about his government s measures to tackle the Covid outbreak, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa said that action to ramp up hospital infrastructure is still continuing with more ventilators and other equipment getting added regularly. Action is also needed to increase the oxygen generation capacity in the state which helps us be prepared for a potential third wave. We are setting up 127 oxygen generation units in the medical college hospitals, district hospitals and taluka hospitals, he said.
A day after Bengaluru overtook Mumbai in terms of registering Covid positive cases, Karnataka on Monday decided to opt for enforcing lockdown like restrictions for the next fortnight starting from Tuesday evening onwards.
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Bengaluru recorded its highest single-day spike of COVID-19 cases on Wednesday with 8,155 news cases being reported from the city. As many as 38 lives were lost to COVID-19 within 24 hours and the total tally rose up to 13,046 on Wednesday (Representative Image). | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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Meanwhile, the state of Karnataka recorded 11,265 positive COVID-19 cases
Bengaluru: On Wednesday, Bengaluru recorded its highest single-day spike of 8,155 COVID-19 cases. On the same day, Karnataka recorded 11,265 positive COVID-19 cases. The department of Health and Family Welfare confirmed that the total number of cases in Karnataka rose up to 85,480 on Wednesday.
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As of March 16 evening, cumulatively 9,62,339 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 12,403 deaths and 9,40,489 discharges, the Health department said. Karnataka logs over 1,100 new COVID-19 cases, 6 deaths push in last 24 hours | Photo Credit: AP
Karnataka has reported over 1,100 new COVID-19 cases and six related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 9,62,339 and the death toll to 12,403, the Health department said on Tuesday.
The state had last reported over 1,000 cases on December 24, with 1,005 new cases.
Out of the 1,135 fresh cases reported on Tuesday, 710 were from Bengaluru Urban alone.
The day also saw 561 patients getting discharged after recovery.