Over 60% of total daily cases in Karnataka are from Bengaluru Urban
The Hindu
Although there has been a steady decline in the number of new COVID-19 cases in the State, Bengaluru Urban has been witnessing fluctuations week on week. Over 60% of the total cases reported in the St
Although there has been a steady decline in the number of new COVID-19 cases in the State, Bengaluru Urban has been witnessing fluctuations week on week. Over 60% of the total cases reported in the State are from Bengaluru Urban alone.
While there was a marginal increase in the number of cases since the beginning of this month, cases have been declining since the last five days. From 95 cases on November 1, cases rose to 148 on November 6 and remained at 147 on November 12. The number shot up to 179 on November 18. Subsequently, the number of cases reduced to 144 on November 19, 134 on November 20 and November 21, 112 on November 22 and again rose to 122 on Tuesday (November 23).
Attributing the fluctuations to inter-State and inter-district movement of people and crowding during the festival season, officials said it was not an alarming situation. “The week on week numbers have remained almost the same. Over 60% of cases are from Bengaluru because more than half of the daily tests conducted in the State are from Bengaluru. We have been regularly conducting over 25,000 tests daily, the highest in the State” said K V Trilok Chandra, BBMP Special Commissioner (Health).