Bengaluru abandons random testing to focus on qualitative testing
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The civic body will focus on people with COVID-19 symptoms, and on contacts of patients
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A BBMP health worker going round collecting swab samples for COVID-19 testing as migrants and students gather at KSR Bengaluru City Railway Station to board trains to their villages.
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The civic body will focus on people with COVID-19 symptoms, and on contacts of patients
The positivity rate leapfrogging to 14.35% in April from 2.31% in March is undeniable proof of the extent of community transmission in Bengaluru.
In an effort to better utilise existing resources, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to stop random testing for COVID-19, a tool to help identify community transmission. Instead, it will focus on testing people with symptoms, those with Influenza Like Illness (ILI) and Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI), and prima
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Home Minister and district in-charge Basavaraj Bommai said on Sunday that government hospitals in Udupi district will be provided with 20 additional beds with oxygen supply.
Speaking to presspersons after visiting the District Hospital in Udupi, he said that with COVID-19 cases, Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) cases are also on the rise not only in Udupi district but across the State. SARI cases are being reported from even among those who have tested negative for COVID-19 through RT-PCR test. These additional beds with oxygen supply will treat those with only SARI.
Though at present there is no dearth of beds in the district, more beds might be required in future to treat patients with SARI.
Mysuru sees a record 3,500 cases
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April 30, 2021 20:13 IST
Daily count also sees a big surge in Mandya, Kodagu, Chamarajanagar with infections spreading to rural hinterland
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Daily count also sees a big surge in Mandya, Kodagu, Chamarajanagar with infections spreading to rural hinterland
In the second wave of COVID-19, Mysuru registered an unprecedented 3,500 new cases and 13 deaths on Friday. This is the highest-ever single-day spike recorded in the district this year.
With this surge, the active case tally breached the 10,000-mark on Friday.
A 32-year-old SARI patient with no comorbidity is among those who died on Friday while 12 other deaths were reported on Thursday. All 13 persons, aged between 32 and 87, were suffering from Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI).
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April 12, 2021 23:32 IST
BBMP denies, official says they have been conducting 67,000 tests every day over the last two weeks
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A BBMP health worker collecting swab samples for COVID-19 tests in Bengaluru on Monday.
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MURALI KUMAR K.
BBMP denies, official says they have been conducting 67,000 tests every day over the last two weeks
With the spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, the State government has decided to ramp up testing. But a few citizens who went to get tested at Primary Health Centres [PHCs] in Bengaluru alleged that the centres had run out of testing kits.
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