The highest single day count of 592 COVID-19 deaths in Karnataka on Friday showed that clamping curfews was not effective and result oriented steps like a complete 14 day lockdown imposed at the start of the pandemic was necessary, Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said.
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday announced that the state will go under complete lockdown from May 10 till May 24 to curb the growing number of COVID-19 cases in the state.
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Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday announced that the state will go under complete lockdown starting May 10 till May 24.
Bengaluru: MP Tejasvi Surya’s office on Friday denied reports of him apologizing to the members of the COVID war room of BBMP for naming them in the alleged bed distribution scam.
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday hinted that his government may undertake stringent measures to curb the steep rise in the number of COVID-19 cases. He said it has become necessary to take further measures amidst the growing number of cases.
Bengaluru: Karnataka's active caseload breached five lakh with 49,058 fresh COVID-19 infections on Thursday, while the toll stood at 17,212 with 328 deaths, the health department said.
Bengaluru: Searches were carried out by police at the city corporation's COVID war rooms and data collected, in the backdrop of allegations of a scam in booking hospital beds for COVID-19 patients.
Bengaluru: A health expert on Thursday suggested extension of lockdown by two more weeks in Karnataka, saying the state is yet to reach peak though it has been reporting over 50,000 cases.
The alleged COVID bed-blocking scandal which rocked the BBMP South zone’s war room has now taken a new turn. On Tuesday, Parliamentarian Tejasvi Surya had conducted a press conference along with other MLAs and made serious allegations against some corporation officials and contract workers hired by the BBMP.
Bengaluru: Karnataka on Wednesday reported the single largest day spike in both COVID-19 cases and fatalities since the start of the pandemic, with 50,112 infections and 346 deaths.
