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India reports more than 357,000 new Covid cases as total crosses 20 million
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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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During the second wave, active cases in the district shot up to 2,390 on April 30 from 34 on March 31
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During the second wave, active cases in the district shot up to 2,390 on April 30 from 34 on March 31
Chamarajanagar, which managed to remain COVID-19 free for over three months after the pandemic broke out last year in Karnataka and was declared a green district, has seen a moving growth rate (MGR) of nearly six times more than the rest of Karnataka (excluding Bengaluru Urban) in terms of active cases during the second wave.
Since March 30, excluding Bengaluru Urban, rest of Karnataka (29 districts) collectively recorded 1,087% growth rate in active cases. In Chamarajanagar, this increased by 5,844%.
India sets grim record of 400,000 coronavirus cases per day
Experts fear even this is an undercount.
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India reported a grim marker: 400,000 new coronavirus cases within 24 hours, after 10 consecutive days of over 300,000 new cases. It is now averaging over 3,000 COVID deaths each day, with more than 200,000 dead in total.
Image credits: Annie Spratt.
It’s not a wave, it’s a tsunami
In early March, India seemed to have the pandemic largely under control and health minister Harsh Vardhan declared the country was “in the endgame” of the pandemic. In the span of a month, the situation has deteriorated dramatically.
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