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At the forefront of the Covid battle are healthcare workers who have been struggling to cope. Bengaluru: For Dr Shilpa, a junior resident doctor at a Covid care government hospital in Karnataka s capital Bengaluru, the most daunting task amid the deadly second COVID-19 wave is deciding between several critical patients when there is just one ICU bed left in the hospital on most days. Most days, we will only have one ICU bed that is vacant and we have to choose between 30 sick patients, and choose one patient to be shifted to the ICU, knowing very well that the other 29 patients will die in the next one or two days, she said. ....
Express News Service BENGALURU: With the number of Covid cases increasing in the state, and Bengaluru being the biggest contributor among districts, the city’s positivity rate has increased to 12 per cent in April. The positivity rate is the number of positive patients per 100 tests. It was in September last year that the city had touched the positivity rate of 12.21 per cent, but then, it was on a steady decline. As on Tuesday, the positivity rate in Bengaluru was 12 per cent with 20,82,897 tests conducted. Only last month, this figure was 2.31 per cent against 13,78,753 tests. In February, it was at 0.94 per cent with the number of tests too being low at 7,27,314. In January, it was 0.91 per cent with 11,29,909 tests, December 1.42 per cent with 13,8,060 tests, November 2.19 per cent with 14,64,614 tests, 7.85 per cent in October with 14,64,614 tests and September at 12.21 per cent with 8,53,743 tests. The highest-ever positivity rate since the pandemic broke o ....
Karnataka Revenue department had identified 23 land parcels ranging from 1.2 acre to 46 acre surrounding Bengaluru, which will be handed over to the Bengaluru civic body soon to set up temporary open air crematoriums. ....
Garden city turns Covid hotbed as Bengaluru becomes country s district with highest active caseload According to the latest statistics, there are nearly 1.5 lakh active coronavirus cases in Bengaluru Bengaluru becoming hotbed of Covid As the entire nation is battling the second wave of coronavirus, Bengaluru urban has become the district with the highest active case load in India. According to the latest updates, Bengaluru urban has nearly 1.5 lakh active cases, way ahead of Pune which has 1,16,000 active Covid cases. The alarming rise in coronavirus cases is apparently shattering the city s medical infrastructure, and authorities are planning to launch temporary care centers to treat Covid patients. ....
Karnataka Imposes Night And Weekend Curfew Amid Surge in COVID-19 Cases The guidelines were issued following a virtual all-party meeting chaired by governor Vajubahai Vala, along with chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa. Medics wearing PPE kits arrive to conduct COVID-19 Rapid Antigen test at Kalasipalyam during a week lockdown imposed due to surge in coronavirus cases, in Bengaluru, Saturday, July 18, 2020. Photo: PTI Health2 hours ago Bengaluru: Aimed at controlling the spread of COVID-19, the Karnataka government on Tuesday issued a new set of guidelines as per which night curfew will be imposed in the state from April 21 and curfew will be place during weekends. ....