COVID-19: 24 new cases in Karnataka, total infections at 589

Bengaluru, May 1 () Twenty-four new COVID-19 caseshave been reported in Karnataka, taking the number ofinfections in the state to 589, the health department said onFriday, as the Bengaluru corporation made wearing of facemasks in public and work spaces compulsory in the city besidesbanning spitting, urinating and littering in public areas.

As of 5:00 PM on May 1, cumulatively 589 COVID-19positive cases have been confirmed in the state andit includes22 deaths and 251 discharges,a department bulletin said.

It said, out of 315 active cases, 306 patients arein isolation at designated hospitals and are stable, while 9are in ICU.

Twenty-two patients, who have recovered, weredischarged on Friday.

Meanwhile, three districts of Karnataka- Bengaluruurban, Mysuru and Bengaluru rural- figure in the red zone,according to the list released by the Centre.

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, government ofIndia has issued list of red, orange and green districts forthe week after May 3 and the necessary action that should beinitiated in these areas as part of containment action plans,the bulletin said.

In Karnataka of the total 30 districts, 3 districtsare in red zone, 13 in orange and 14 in green, it said.

Out of 24 new cases confirmed in the state onFriday- eight are from Mandya district.

Three of them have travel history to Mumbai, fiveothers are contacts of a COVID-19 patient.

Of the remaining- six are from Davangere, three fromRaibhag in Belagavi, two each from Dakshina Kannada andKalaburagi, and one each from Vijayapura, Chikkaballapura andHubballi.

While most of these cases are contacts of patientsalready tested positive, one each are with history of SARI andInfluenza Like Illness (ILI).

From across the state most number of infections havebeen reported in Bengaluru urban with 141 cases, followed byMysuru 88 and Belagavi 70.

Out of total 252 patients discharged maximum 69 arefrom Bengaluru urban, 64 from Mysuru, twelve from Kalaburagi.

A total of 64,898 samples were tested, 4,742 testedon Friday alone.

So far 61,855 samples have returned as negative, andout of them 4,406 were reported negative today.

Director, Health and Family Welfare Services hasissued a circular on screening of ILI and SARI cases at FeverClinics to all the districts, directing them to ensure thatall such cases should be subjected for swab test as perstandard operating procedure for COVID test.

Commissioner, BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru MahanagaraPalike) has issued orders on making mandatory wearing of facemask, proper disposal of used masks and gloves, and has bannedspitting, urinating, littering and any kind of related publicnuisance, which will be considered as public offence.

Those violating the orders will be penalized Rs.1000the first time and Rs.2000 on second and subsequentviolations, it said. KSU BNWELCOME BNWELCOME