B'luru Aptt declared contanment zone, over 100 Covid cases detected

In Karnataka, an apartment complex in Bengaluru has been declared a containment zone after 103 of its residents tested positive for coronavirus. According to district officials, the surge in Covid cases was recorded just days after two marriage anniversary parties were organised in the residential society. The new coronavirus cluster has emerged in South Bengaluru's Bilekhali area's Raj Lakeview apartments.

The district administration had started a mass testing drive in the apartment complex after around two dozen cases emerged from there in a couple of days. Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike(BBMP) have ramped up testing. According to Dr Krishnappa, the medical officer,most of those who tested positive are below the age of 50 and are asymptomatic. Karnataka is currently the third worst-hit state after Maharashtra and Kerala.

India, which had been reporting close to one daily lakh cases last year, has been recording under 10,000 daily cases for the last few days. The Centre had last month declared that the country - the second worst-hit after the United States - has flattened the coronavirus curve. Experts, however, have warned people against dropping their guard against the virus because of the discovery of mutant strains abroad.