Bengaluru: The IT city of Bengaluru reported over 5,000 new COVID-19 positive cases for the third consecutive day.
The 5,121 cases reported in last 24 hours made it the highest in a day for any city in India. The Karnataka capital has seen a total of 2.67 lakh cases, with a little more than 2 lakh recoveries and 3,234 deaths so far. There are 18 active containment zones in the city.
Testing has been increased, with 1.05 lakh people being tested on Thursday, of which 51K were rapid antigen ones. Till now, over 56.29 lakh samples have been tested in Bengaluru.
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has asked health officials to ramp up RT-PCR tests as rapid antigen kits are failing in accuracy levels.
Recently, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) asked factory workers and high-risk people in apartments to undergo testing.
Mumbai recorded 2,823 cases on Thursday, while Delhi saw 2,726 fresh cases. Delhi conducted a little over 50K tests on Thursday.
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday expressed serious concerns regarding the increasing…
Mumbai: During an Ask Me Anything session, actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu, who had set the…
Puri: After Odisha's Law Minister, a senior servitor of Jagannath Temple in Puri has blamed…
Mumbai: Salman Khan’s ex-flame Somy Ali, during a recent ‘Ask Me Anything’ session on Reddit,…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has ordered the transfer of all the ministerial employees of the…
Bhubaneswar: The Congress party has sought the intervention of Odisha Governor in death of two…
New Delhi: Anushka Sharma has once again shared the cutest birthday wish for her husband…
Bhubaneswar: With the death of two women in the mango kernel incident in Kandhamal triggering…