Bengaluru: The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has informed that apartment complexes in Bengaluru’s eastern, southern, and south-eastern suburbs are causing the present spike of Covid-19 cases. They are responsible for roughly 80 per cent of new Covid cases in the City.
“These residential buildings account for roughly half of the city’s 110 Covid containment zones. “At least three to four new Covid cases arrive every day from an apartment complex,” informed BBMP Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta.
The majority of these apartment complexes are in the East, Bommanahalli, and Mahadevapura zones, which have a large population of frequent international and domestic fliers, he added.
The civic body is deploying special teams to carry out containment and surveillance measures in order to limit the surge.
“We have contacted apartment associations and told them what they need to do to stop the virus from spreading,” Gupta added.
Apart from this, the municipal body plans to expand the number of daily Covid tests from 50,000 to 60,000.
According to data from the BBMP Covid war room, Bommanahalli has the most containment zones with 35, followed by Mahadevapura with 23. There are more than ten containment zones in each of the four zones: East, South, Yelahanka, and West. Hagadur, Doddanekkundi, and Arakere have each reported nine cases per day.
