Bengaluru: Covid-19 tally crosses 10,000 mark, CM warns of another lockdown

On Thursday, Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa expressed concern over the surge in coronavirus cases in Bengaluru city, declaring that some areas have been sealed in the capital city.

The chief minister said, "Today we've called a meeting where further handling of the situation will be discussed. In Bengaluru, we've arranged all facilities to treat Covid-19 patients."

Mr Yediyurappa urged people to follow social distancing and sanitisation to avoid another lockdown in the capital city. "I urge people to maintain social distancing and sanitisation if Bengalurians don't want one more seal down," he said.

Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai had said on Monday that clusters of Covid-19 areas in Bengaluru with four or more cases would be sealed and more testing will be performed.

On Monday CM Yediyurappa called an emergency meeting to discuss measures to control the surge in Covid-19 cases in Bengaluru.

Officials were instructed by the CM to strictly implement lockdown measures in the clusters area where more number of infections are reported.

In the clusters across Bengaluru city that have reported a large number of Covid-19 cases, a strict lockdown has been implemented. These areas include KR Market and surrounding areas like Siddapura, VV Puram, Kalasipalya etc.

Karnataka's Covid-19 tally has crossed the 10,000-mark. As of 25 June, Bengaluru has 164 fatalities while 6,151 patients have recovered from the dreaded disease.