Reduction in TPR coincides with rise in COVID-19 testing in Mysuru
The Hindu
While announcing partial easing of lockdown on June 25, Deputy Commissioner Bagadi Gautham claimed that daily testing had crossed 10,000 in Mysuru district
The reduction in Test Positivity Rate (TPR) in Mysuru, which helped the district become eligible for certain relaxations in lockdown restrictions from June 26, appears to have come about through a decrease in the number of daily COVID-19 infections and a substantial increase in testing. When the State government began a phased unlocking of COVID-19 restrictions from June 14 across Karnataka based on the weekly moving average TPR, Mysuru was among 11 districts with high TPR, where the restrictions were continued.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.