Kerala to go into full lockdown mode tomorrow
The Hindu
Karnataka adds over 49,000 cases and 328 deaths
The Kerala government on Thursday announced a complete nine-day lockdown from May 8 to 16. Strict lockdown-like restrictions are already in place and the government decided on a complete shutdown as cases spiked. On Thursday, 42,464 cases were reported from 1,55,632 samples and the test positivity rate (TPR) rose to 27.28%. Active cases were at 3,90,906 and a record 63 deaths were added. Karnataka on Thursday reported 49,058 new cases, 23,706 of them from Bengaluru Urban. The State recorded 328 fresh deaths. The TPR stood at 29.83%.
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