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Karnataka: Around 69 Covid-19 new cases found, Omicron looms large

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The Omicron variant has intensified the concern of authorities across the country just two weeks after it was detected for the first time in South Africa. Even as the Omicron threat looms large, the number of COVID-19 cases among students is steadily increasing.

In recent news, as many as 59 students and 10 staff members of Jawahar Navodaya School in Karnataka’s Chikkamagaluru have tested positive for COVID-19, confirmed a local health official. All 69 people from the school have been shifted to a different block, and are currently asymptomatic.

Dr Umesh, District Health Official, Chikkamagaluru, said, “We collected 457 samples in this residential school, out of which 69 tested positive. These are 59 students and 10 staff members.” The doctor further added that soon after they were tested positive, they were placed under isolation in a separate block.

“We have deployed our health and paramedical staff. All the students who have been infected are asymptomatic. We are treating them as per home isolation protocol,” Dr Umesh added. The health official further added that a follow-up sample will be taken after one week.

This is not the first time that a COVID-19 outbreak has been reported from an educational institute in Karnataka. Last week, 29 students from a private nursing school in Karnataka’s Shivamogga tested positive for the virus.

To restrict the spread of COVID-19 in the state amid rising Omicron fears, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai announced that any area with three or more COVID-19 cases will be classified as a cluster.

Karnataka has reported 397 new COVID-19 cases and four deaths in the state on Saturday, December 4. The COVID-19 tally in the state has decreased significantly over the past few months after the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic subsided across the country.

Two cases of the Omicron variant were reported in Karnataka last week, which prompted the state authorities to tighten their travel guidelines further, and strictly monitor international passengers from at-risk countries.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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