Covid 19: 700 people are testing positive every hour in Bengaluru

Mangalore Today News Network

Bengaluru, April 25, 2021: Bengaluru district, which now has the highest active burden in the country, reported an all-time singleday high of 17,342 Covid-19 cases and 149 deaths on Saturday, making up nearly 60% of the daily infections and over 70% of deaths in the state.

Karnataka too reported record numbers of 29,438 cases and 208 deaths in a single day. With this, the total number of active cases touched 2.34 lakh, at a positivity rate of 15.52%. Nearly 70% of this active tally, over 1.6 lakh cases, is in Bengaluru alone. And the city’s active caseload is nearly 26% of its total infections, against 18% statewide.

CM BS Yediyurappa said the Centre has increased the state’s daily allocation of oxygen from 300MT to 800MT and Remdesivir from 50,000 vials to 1.22 lakh vials till April 30. Chief secretary P Ravi Kumar maintained there was no shortage of oxygen and the problem pertained to distribution.