An initial round of discussion has already taken place between Bengaluru civic body officials and top officials of the health department.
Several cities in the country have been reporting a huge spike in new coronavirus cases and Bengaluru is one of them. On Friday, the capital city of Karnataka reported 925 cases, which is the highest among all districts of Karnataka.
There have been speculations about certain restrictions being imposed in the city due to the rise in cases. Bengaluru Municipal Commissioner N Manjunath Prasada has asked people to follow the coronavirus guidelines and warned that at least a partial lockdown may be imposed in the city if people don’t follow COVID protocol.
Prasada said that the civic body is planning to recommend the BS Yediyurappa-led government to close gyms, swimming pools, community alls, open-air gyms in parks and theatres to prevent crowding and the spread of COVID-19. The seating capacity in cinema halls may be capped at 50 per cent.
The official informed that an initial round of discussion has already taken place between Bengaluru civic body officials and top officials of the health department.
Five zones — east, west, south, Mahadevapura, and Bommanahalli — have been reporting over 100 cases daily, Prasada informed.
Meanwhile, India reported 40,953 new coronavirus cases and 23,653 recoveries in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry informed on Saturday. With the addition of fresh infections, the total cases in the country reached 1,15,55,284, including 2,88,394 active cases and 1,11,07,332 recoveries.
The worst affected state Maharashtra reported 13,601 new COVID-19 cases and 12,174 recoveries in the last 24 hours on Saturday as per the Union Health Ministry. The state also reported 58 deaths in this period.
Punjab reported a total of 14,366 cases of coronavirus with 1,046 new cases in the last 24 hours today. As many as 1,84,848 people have recovered from the virus and 1,291 were discharged in the last 24 hours.
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