Karnataka Covid wrap: Over 9,000 lively circumstances; state information greater than 1,000 circumstances for first time since December final yr;

Amid a spike within the variety of Covid circumstances, Karnataka on Tuesday reported over a 1,000 circumstances for the primary time since Christmas final yr. As many as 1,135 extra individuals contracted the an infection within the final 24 hours, indicating a take a look at positivity charge of 1.65 per cent.
Of these, Bengaluru Urban continued to prime the record with 710 new circumstances and 329 discharges amongst 30 districts within the state.

Meanwhile, 68,469 samples had been examined (together with 6,485 Rapid Antigen Detection Tests) throughout the state. Other districts that reported essentially the most circumstances on March 16 had been Mysuru (58), Dakshina Kannada (50), Kalaburagi (46), and Bengaluru Rural (38).
The variety of lively circumstances throughout the state rose to 9,428, with 72.46 per cent of it within the capital metropolis alone.

#Karnataka Mar 16 #Covid19 replace: State experiences over 1000 circumstances for first time in 2021.
New circumstances: 1135 (710 in #Bengaluru)Discharges: 561 (329 in BLR)People vaccinated: 82,038Tests completed: 68,469Active circumstances: 9428 (6832 in BLR)New deaths: 6 (3 in BLR) pic.twitter.com/7R8j9JJMgD
— Ralph Alex Arakal (@ralpharakal) March 16, 2021
Karnataka had beforehand reported over 1000 circumstances on December 25, 2020 when the positivity charge was at 1.01 per cent. Of 1005 new circumstances then, 578 had been reported from Bengaluru.
Health Minister directs officers to boost contact tracingIn the wake of a surge in Covid-19 circumstances within the state, Health and Medical Education Minister Okay Sudhakar Tuesday directed officers to boost contact tracing and testing.
“Primary health centres are instructed to conduct at least 100 tests per day and 500 tests per day is the target for general hospitals. At least 20 primary and secondary contacts have to be traced for every infected person,” Sudhakar instructed.

He added that vaccination can even be elevated, as per the inputs obtained from the CM’s meet with consultants. “We are giving large advertisements from today to create awareness. Vaccination will be increased further. 15 lakh people have been vaccinated so far,” he stated.