Govt withdraws weekend curfew in Dakshina Kannada

Team Udayavani, Sep 9, 2021, 6:56 PM IST

Karnataka government on Thursday, September 9 announced the lifting of weekend curfew in Dakshina Kannada and other districts starting this week as daily Covid cases continue to drop.

However, the government has stated that District Deputy Commissioner can impose a weekend curfew if necessary.

Karnataka on Thursday reported the lowest number of deaths due to COVID-19, since the beginning of the second wave, with 4 fatalities, taking the toll so far due to the pandemic to 37,462, the health department said.

The state logged 1,074 new cases of corona infections taking the total number of cases so far to 29,59,164.

The day also saw 1,136 discharges, taking the total recoveries in the state to 29,04,683.