Bengaluru had been experimenting with lockdowns

earlier as well. But there has been no respite in the growing number of infections in the state. On Saturday, the state reported close to 2,800 new cases and overtook Uttar Pradesh to become the state with the fifth-highest caseload in the country. Karnataka has so far seen 36,216 people getting infected with the virus. Only Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Gujarat have more infections.

Top ten states with maximum caseload

STATE TOTAL POSITIVE NEW CASES TOTAL RECOVERIES DEATHS

Maharashtra 246,600 8,139 136,985 10,116
Tamil Nadu 134,226 3,965 85,915 1,898
Delhi 110,921 1,781 87,692 3,334
Gujarat 41,026 871 28,684 2,034
Karnataka 36,216 2,798 14,716 617
Uttar Pradesh 35,092 1,392 22,689 913
Telangana 33,402 1,178 20,919 348
West Bengal 28,453 1,344 17,959 906
Andhra Pradesh 27,235 1,813 14,393 309
Rajasthan 23,631 574 17,756 503
Karnataka has also been reporting a high number of deaths in the last one week. As many as 367 of Karnataka’s total 617 deaths, or about 60 per cent, have been reported this month. Close to 200 of these have been reported in just the last four days. On Saturday, the state reported 70 deaths. Only Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu have been reporting a comparable number of deaths every day.

The daily growth rate of cases in Karnataka is now 7.7 per cent, well ahead of second-placed Andhra Pradesh, which too has been adding a large number of new cases in the last three days. Telangana, which had a growth rate higher than Karnataka till a few days ago, has been showing signs of slowing down, and its current growth rate has fallen below 6 per cent. The national growth rate has been going down every day and is, currently, at 3.4 per cent.