Kalaburgi: The Kalaburagi district administration has extended the lockdown by a week until July 27.
The lockdown had earlier been imposed from July 14 until July 20.
The spiking number of corona cases in the district has compelled the district administration to extend the lockdown by one week, stated a communication from the Deputy Commissioner.
This move of the district administration come in contradiction to the statement of the Chief Minister, who said that the week-long lockdown will not be extended in Bengaluru beyond July 22.
The government is expected to make an announcement regarding a lockdown extension in Bengaluru on Monday.
Kalaburagi reported 69 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, with 926 patients under treatment presently. The district has so far reported a total of 2743 COVID-19 cases so far.
Karnataka has reported a total of 63,772 cases of COVID-19 in the state on Sunday. There are presently 39,370 active cases while 23,065 patients have recovered.
