Bangalore Active Covid-19 Cases Live, Bengaluru, Karnataka Omicron News Latest Updates, Bangalore Today News, 6 January: Fresh Covid-19 cases in Karnataka nearly doubled in 24 hours to 4,246 and reported two deaths on Wednesday, taking the count to 30,17,572 and the fatalities toll to 38,357.

Karnataka Higher Education Minister Dr. C N Ashwath Narayan on Wednesday said there is no proposal before the State government to seal the border anywhere in the State, including Maharashtra. This comes even as Karnataka on Wednesday reported 4,246 new cases of Covid-19. Out of the new cases, 3,605 were reported in Bengaluru. The positivity rate in the state stands at 3.33 percent.

Earlier today, Karnataka Health Minister Dr. K Sudhakar said that people need to be cautious for the next four to six weeks to control a possible third wave of Covid-19 and the spread of Omicron variant in the state.

“New COVID guidelines have been released after a meeting chaired by the Chief Minister. My appeal to the people is, four to six weeks is crucial. As we have observed worldwide, it is declining in five to six weeks. This wave will not be for too long, like in the first and second wave that was for three to four months,” Sudhakar was quoted as saying by PTI.

The Karnataka government has also announced that it will impose a weekend curfew and extend the night curfew for two weeks in the state in view of the alarming rise in the number of Covid-19 cases. This comes as the state registered another big spike for the fourth consecutive day with 2,479 infections and four deaths recorded on Tuesday. This takes the cumulative infections and fatalities to 30,13,326 and 38,355 respectively, the health department said.