Bengaluru Records Steep Rise In Covid Cases As Second Wave Hits Karnataka

"This is great alarm for us, and we need to upscale all our precautionary measures," Dr K Sudhakar, Health and Medical Education Minister said.

Bengaluru is seeing the maximum number of COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, a state that has been hit by a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Sunday night's data showed over 2,000 fresh cases in the state capital. Just a week ago, the Jayanagar General Hospital, a government hospital in south Bengaluru, had set aside 50 beds with oxygen for Covid patients, as the second wave began to hit the city. Now that number has doubled to 100 beds - with 85 to 90 occupied. "Karnataka is also seeing a steep surge. In 30 days, I can see almost 10 times more than in the initial days of March. We saw only 300 cases on March 1st, 2nd and 3rd. But by the end of March we are seeing almost 3,000 cases, predominantly in Bengaluru itself," Dr K Sudhakar, Health and Medical Education Minister said.