Bengaluru : The Karnataka High Court dismissed a petition on Thursday that sought to ban New Year’s celebrations in Bengaluru due to an increase in Covid-19 and JN.1 variant cases.
Leading advocate N.P. Amrutesh filed the PIL.
The Division Bench, composed of Justice R. Nataraj and K.V. Aravind, declined to enforce the ban, stating that people would leave Bengaluru if it were to be implemented.
In this regard, the government has not released any directives or regulations. At this point, there is no reason to be afraid of COVID-19.
The matter was adjourned to January.
As per the latest statistics released by the Department of Health and Family Welfare, 103 persons tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. A total of 87 persons were discharged and one person died.
The Covid tests were increased to 7,262 and the positivity rate stood at 1.41 per cent. Nineteen persons were being treated in the ICU.
Bengaluru reported 80 fresh Covid cases and has 380 active cases in the city. There are 34 JN.1 cases in the state and Bengaluru accounted for 20 JN.1 cases.
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