Bengaluru: Karnataka chief minister B.S.Yediyurappa on Saturday announced that there would be a total lockdown in Bengaluru Urban and Bengaluru Rural districts for a week starting Tuesday as the state further loses grip of the covid-19 situation.“Considering the suggestions from experts to curb the increasing number of Covid cases, government has decided to implement complete lockdown in Bengaluru Urban and Rural Districts for 7 days starting 8 PM on Tuesday, 14th July.
Detailed guidelines will be released on Monday," Yediyurappa posted from his personal handle on Twitter.The announcement comes on the day Karnataka marked its highest single-day spike as a record 2,798 in 24 hours until 5 pm on Saturday forcing the state into a relapse into.