As the COVID-19 situation continues to be grim in the state, the Karnataka government on Thursday decided to extend the lockdown till June 14 to curb the virus spread. Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa said the decision was taken following the recommendation of experts.
"We had earlier announced stringent restrictions from May 24 to June 7 to contain the spread of Coronavirus. Though the infections have reduced, the spread of the disease is still on," Yediyurappa said.
On Thursday, the state reported 18,324 new cases while the death toll reached 30,531 with 514 new fatalities. While the positivity rate for the day was 12.20 per cent, the case fatality rate (CFR) was 2.80 per cent. Bengaluru Urban Urban alone reported 3,533 new cases and 307 deaths.
Yediyurappa said the government was all set to administer more than 60 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine this month, thereby completing a total of 2 crore jabs by June 30.
"Our government is set to administer more than 60 lakh doses of vaccine in June. With 1.41 Crore doses administered so far, Karnataka will complete 2 crore jabs by the end of this month.I thank PM Narendra Modi Ji for his continued support towards Karnataka's vaccination drive," he tweeted.
Health Minister K. Sudhakar said more than 58.71 lakh doses of vaccine will be supplied to Karnataka in June.This includes supply of over 45 lakh doses from the Government of India and 13.7 lakh doses from state government's direct procurement.
