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13,494 active containment zones in city, 4,100 in Bengaluru South alone

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BENGALURU:

Despite the government’s best efforts to stem the surge in corona cases in Bengaluru since the beginning of July, the city has crossed the 50K mark for a total of 57,396 positive cases till date.

In a desperate measure to check the pandemic, BBMP has demarcated as many as 13,494 containment zones across the city. As per the BBMP bulletin, the break-up of containment zones is: 4,100 in Bengaluru South, 2,368 in East, 2025 in West, 668 in Yelahanka, 1,651 in Bommanahalli, 363 in Dasarahalli, 1,139 in RR Nagar and 1,180 in Mahadevapura.

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Bengaluru reported 1,852 new cases of Covid-19 on August 1. In terms of contact tracing, Bengaluru South tops with 82,362, followed by 50,884 in East and 47,126 in West. A total of 1,09,951 primary contacts and 1,34,368 secondary contacts have been traced in 13, 494 active containment zones in the city.

The BBMP war room report on August 1 shows that the active rate is 68 per cent, and 3,27,275 tests have been conducted in the city.

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