The Karnataka government on Sunday allowed partial celebrations of the upcoming Ganesh Utsav in the state with COVID-19 norms and conditions. while any immersion or visarjan Permission for the idol will be given after 9 pm, the pandals have been given OK.
State government officials had met earlier in the day to decide and discuss the Ganesh Utsav celebrations. Ministers R Ashok, K Sudhakar, H Nagesh had deliberated upon the recommendations of experts on how to organize the festival.
Sanghas have been allowed Ganesh Utsav celebrations for a maximum of five days, and cultural events have been banned completely. However, pandals can be made and the government will issue guidelines on how many people can be allowed to participate in the immersion ritual. Not more than one Ganesh Pandal can be made in each ward.
To curb the rise of COVID-19 cases, the state government has banned public celebrations in border taluks where the test positivity rate is found to be more than 2 per cent. Apartment associations can hold public functions within the apartment complex, but only 20 people can gather at a time.
With the festive season approaching in India, state governments are trying to do a balancing act to maintain the COVID-19 protocol while giving people rest to celebrate. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has also urged people to wear masks and practice physical distancing ahead of upcoming festivities, even as the state has recorded a surge in cases.
India witnessed a devastating second wave of COVID-19 in April and May, with record deaths and cases, with people struggling for medical oxygen and basic health facilities. Now, the third wave of COVID-19 is predicted to hit anywhere in the country from mid-September to October, and the Union Health Ministry has also asked states and citizens not to stop practicing the necessary COVID-19 norms during the festive season. warned.
Karnataka had reported less than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday with 983 infections and 21 deaths, taking the total caseload to 29,54,047 and the toll to 37,401.
The state had reported less than 1,000 fresh cases on August 30 with 973 on that day. There were 1,620 discharges on Saturday as well, taking the total number of recoveries in the state to 28,98,874. Of the 983 cases reported on Saturday, 289 were from Bengaluru Urban, as the city reported 618 discharges and seven deaths. The active cases in the state stood at 17,746.
While the positivity rate for the day stood at 0.61 per cent, the case fatality rate (CFR) stood at 2.13 per cent. Dakshina Kannada followed Bengaluru Urban with five deaths, Hassan and Mysore two each, followed by others logged in.
Among the districts where new cases were reported, 289 in Bengaluru Urban, 162 in Dakshina Kannada, 97 in Udupi, 89 in Mysore, 62 in Hassan, while the rest were scattered in other areas. Bengaluru Urban district tops the list of positive cases with a total of 12,39,123, followed by Mysuru at 1,76,433 and Tumakuru at 1,19,411.
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