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BENGALURU: Total number of Covid-19 infections They have crossed 700 points in Karnataka, where 12 new positive cases, including one fatality, were reported, bringing the number of victims in the state to 30, as the government said on Thursday that the future of the blockade was in the hands of the people. .
“It is important that this lockdown-3 is successful. Like many economic activities related to agriculture, industries have been allowed during the continuous blockade, it is up to people to help control the coronavirus and ensure financial development, “said the state’s interior minister. Basavaraj Bommai said.
Speaking to reporters in Bangalore, he said that if people could make sure that Block-3 was successful, there would be no need for it to continue.
“If Blocking 3 does not produce results in line with our expectations, it will be inevitable for state and central governments to take different measures,” said Bommai, who is also a member of state task force Covid-19.
He also called on the people to make the third shutdown successful following government directives.
According to the health department bulletin, as of 5pm on May 7, 705 positive cases of Covid-19 have been cumulatively confirmed in the state, including 30 deaths and 366 discharges.
He said that of 308 active cases, 302 patients are isolated in designated hospitals and are stable, while 6 are in the ICU.
Twelve patients who recovered were released on Thursday.
A 55-year-old Davanagere woman became the 30th Covid-19 related fatality in the state.
The deceased woman was a known case of diabetes and hypertension, was admitted with a complaint of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) and was on a respirator, the department said.
He died today at a designated hospital in Davanagere, he said.
Twelve new cases reported include three from Davangere, which allowed the deceased patient; also three from Kalaburagi and Badami (Bagalkote), and one from Hirebagewadi in Belagavi district, urban Bengaluru and Dharwad.
Although seven cases are contacts of patients who tested positive previously, four are with a history of influenza-like illness (ILI) and one is a case of SARI.
Eight out of every 12 new cases are women and four are men.
Contact tracking has started and is in progress for all cases, the department said.
Across the state, the highest number of infections have been reported in urban Bengaluru with 156 cases, followed by Mysuru 88 and Belagavi 72.
Of the total of 366 patients discharged so far, a maximum of 81 are from Mysuru, 77 from urban Bengaluru, thirty-four from Belagavi.
A total of 93,535 samples have been analyzed so far, of which 4,758 were analyzed Thursday alone.
So far, 87,756 samples have been reported as negative, of which 4,700 were reported negative on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Karnataka Prime Minister BS Yediyurappa ordered officials from the business tax department to take strict measures to control tax leaks, and to resume economic activities in the state after easing the Covid-induced blockade. -19.
He called on officials to take action against those who use the fake E-Way Bill, misuse of the time given for cargo movement, CMO said in a statement.
The state government wrote to nine states, including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand, seeking their coordination to receive workers who are stranded in the state, after receiving criticism from various sections to cancel trains to transport migrant workers.
The chief secretary of the state revenue department, N Manjunath Prasad, has written to the nodal officers of nine states (Bihar, Jharkhand, UP, Manipur, Tripura, West Bengal, MP, Rajasthan, Odisha) seeking to receive the workers migrants.
With documents showing that consent to operate a special train to Bihar and MP has been received every day from May 8 to 15, according to sources, the first train is likely to depart to these states on Friday.
Responding to a query in this regard, Minister Suresh Kumar, who is the government’s spokesperson for developments related to COVID-19, said that basically workers at construction sites would be eligible for this.
“His list based on the details of the Aadhar card is available at the police station, so it is clear, and there is information from those who are eager to go, so, once the schedules of the trains will be transported from construction sites to railway stations, “he said.
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