BBMP chief Manjunath Prasad mentioned COVID-19 circumstances appear to be rising in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: COVID-19 circumstances have been rising in Karnataka and essentially the most variety of circumstances has been reported from state capital Bengaluru, a prime official of the municipal company mentioned.
“In Bengaluru, because the starting of March, circumstances have been steadily rising,” civic physique BBMP commissioner Manjunath Prasad instructed NDTV.
“In December, it was once on a mean 600 circumstances, and in January it was about 300 circumstances, and in February on common it was about 243 circumstances – now in March it’s virtually about 500 circumstances per day,” Mr Prasad instructed NDTV.
Mr Prasad mentioned tracing of contacts have revealed the primary causes for the unfold of COVID-19. “The principle causes for this, after we traced the contacts historical past, a lot of the circumstances have journey historical past. And in some circumstances, individuals who have attended giant gatherings like marriages, spiritual locations, or events in residences. Many of the circumstances, virtually 70 per cent, are coming from high-rises,” Mr Prasad mentioned.
The case fatality fee could be very low at 0.63 per cent. The positivity fee is about 1.5 per cent in Bengaluru. The town is getting three COVID-19 care centres for individuals who check constructive however who’re asymptomatic or solely mildly sick. However the demand is low, with those that can, preferring to isolate at house.
“Since virtually 90 per cent are asymptomatic – all these individuals are in house isolation which is being monitored. For the remaining folks, there is no such thing as a drawback so far as hospitalisation is worried,” the BBMP chief mentioned.
“We’re within the strategy of opening up COVID-19 care centres. If folks do not have services for house isolation and are asymptomatic… however as of now there is no such thing as a demand, so we now have not but began,” Mr Prasad mentioned.
Karnataka is focusing on 3 lakh exams per day – and Bengaluru can also be seeing greater numbers of exams being achieved. “In Bengaluru, at first of March, we used to get about 20,000 exams per day. That has been elevated to virtually 50,000 exams per day. Consequently, the variety of circumstances detected has additionally gone up,” Mr Prasad mentioned.
The obligatory sporting of masks has been an sudden supply of earnings for the town company, which has collected Rs 10 crore in fines.
“Within the final one yr, the Bangalore Municipal Company has collected about Rs 10 crore in fines. If someone is discovered not sporting masks in public locations, we’re imposing a superb of Rs 250,” mentioned Mr Prasad. “It’s the final resort. We are attempting to boost consciousness. Roughly, the compliance is sweet,” he mentioned.
However regardless of the rising numbers, Mr Prasad doesn’t see the necessity for lockdown or curfew within the metropolis. “Relying on the state of affairs within the subsequent one week or 10 days, we’ll take additional, stricter measures if required. There is no such thing as a want for curfew. The state of affairs would not warrant imposing stricter measures,” Mr Prasad mentioned.
