Bengaluru: Covid-19 cases double in Karnataka...


As of wednesday morning, karnataka had reported 79 cases of COVID-19, as per the MOHFW Covid status for states. There are 35 more cases than the karnataka health Department announced on Tuesday. The announcement was made the day after the karnataka Covid-19 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) released a recommendation urging anyone over 60, especially those with co-morbidities (such as kidney, heart, or liver diseases), expectant mothers, and nursing mothers, to wear face masks and to stay away from crowded places, closed spaces, and poorly ventilated areas. In the previous 24 hours, 292 new cases of Covid-19 infections and three fatalities from the illness have been reported in neighboring Kerala.

Karnataka SRTC has planned to run an additional 1,000 buses over the christmas season. Special buses will run between Madurai, Kumbakonam, Chennai, Coimbatore, Tiruchi, Palakkad, Thrissur, Ernakulam, Kozhikode, and other locations in tamil Nadu and Kerala, departing from the BMTC bus Station in Shanthinagar (TTMC).

Karnataka health minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said on wednesday that a 64-year-old man passed away in the city five days ago as a result of COVID-19 infection. When asked if the novel subvariant JN.1 of the SARS CoV-2 virus is the cause of mortality, he said that it is still unknown. The Chamarajpet resident, who had comorbidities, passed away on december 15, the minister informed reporters. "Whether the patient had a JN.1 subvariant infection is still unknown. He had tb infection in addition to heart problems. In addition to COVID-19 and pneumonia, he also had hypertension, lung illness, and bronchial asthma, Rao continued.


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S Venkateshwari

20/12/2023 08:25 PM