Bengaluru: Number of COVID-19 containment zones crosses 100

Bengaluru: A total of 106 active coronavirus containment zones have been recorded in Bengaluru, with the highest in Bommanahalli at 39.

According to Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike data published on Monday, Bengaluru South and Mahadevapura have the second and third most containment zones at 24 and 12, respectively.

Bengaluru East has 10 containment zones, Bengaluru West has 8, Yelahanka has seven while RR Nagar has 4 and Dasarahalli has 2 containment zones.

Bengaluru Urban remained the major contributor of COVID cases as the city reported 168 infections on Sunday.

With 300 fresh cases, Karnataka’s COVID-19 aggregate touched 30,02,427 on Sunday, while one death took the cumulative fatalities to 38,288.

The health department said in its bulletin that 279 people were discharged, taking the total number of recoveries to 29,56,970. Active cases stood at 7,140.

The positivity rate for the day was 0.26 per cent and the case fatality rate was 0.33 per cent.