The rising Covid cases in neighbouring states of Kerala and Maharashtra have raised concerns in the Karnataka health department.
Maharashtra recorded 1,081 Covid cases on Wednesday and the state health department has called it the highest spike after February 24.
Kerala has recorded 1,370 new Covid cases. Though 630 people have recovered, the death of six people succumbed to the infection. This was a cause of concern, said the health department officials in Karnataka.
Sources in Karnataka health department said since there was heavy movement of people from both the states to Karnataka, especially capital Bengaluru, hence measures need to be initiated.
Karnataka has reported 178 new Covid cases in a span of 24 hours as per the statistics of the health department. The positivity rate for the day was recorded at 0.89 per cent.