ANI. The statement of CM came after Karnataka on Sunday added 50,210 fresh infections to its cumulative COVID-19 tally and 19 deaths taking the total caseload and fatalities to 35,17,682 and 38,582 respectively.
This the second time when the state has crossed 50,000 daily infections. On May 5, 2021, the state had reported 50,112 infections.
However, back then the daily fatalities were quite high with 346 deaths on a single day, whereas on Sunday it was 19. In its daily bulletin, the state's health department said 22,842 people were discharged, taking the total number of recoveries to 31,21,274.
We've lifted the weekend curfew. After analysing the situation, we will decide on further relaxations in COVID19 norms, if needed: Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai pic.twitter.com/ec4tPW4Ik4 Earlier, the Karnataka government decided to withdraw the weekend curfew in the state last week.