The worry of the third wave of Coronavirus in the state of Karnataka may well turn out to be actual as the state for the second consecutive day recorded more new instances than the everyday recoveries of Covid patients. What compounds the worry additional is that the gap involving the reported instances and Covid recoviers is also more than 700. According to an Indian Express report, the total instances reported in the state on Thursday was 2052 whereas the quantity of recoveries on the very same day was 1332. Since the mid of May as the second wave began petering out, the recoveries had been outnumbering the everyday fresh instances but the pattern has reversed in the last 2 days with a massive margin.
Out of the total 2052 new instances reported on Thursday, the highest quantity was reported from Bengaluru Urban at 506 followed by 396 and 174 new instances in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi respectively. About 150 instances every single had been also reported from Mysuru and Hassan area of the state. A total of 35 Covid-19 connected deaths had been also recorded in the state on the very same day with the highest toll of nine deaths in Bengaluru Urban followed by eight deaths in Dakshina Kannada. With the addition on Thursday, the total quantity of active instances in the state has swelled to 23,253.
Taking cognisance of the increasing trend of Coronavirus instances in the state capital, BBMP Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta has instructed officials in the city to step up testing, get in touch with tracing and take added precautionary measures to handle the increasing spread of the virus. The BBMP Commissioner also instructed officials to impose penalty on persons who are violating the Covid-19 norms in the city at public locations. Similar recommendations had been also issued to enforce the Covid-19 recommendations at events like marriage ceremonies, parties amongst other people.