Karnataka reported 832 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, taking the total to 30,07,337 cases. Bengaluru Urban reported 656 cases and five deaths.
With eight deaths, the state’s toll rose to 38,335. This is in addition to 29 deaths of patients due to non-COVID-19 reasons.
On Friday, 335 people were discharged, taking the total number of cured people to 29,60,261. There are now 8,712 active patients in the state.
While the positivity rate for the day touched 0.70%, the case fatality rate touched 0.96%.
In the last 24 hours, 1,17,917 tests were conducted, including 95,815 RT-PCR tests. With this, the total number of tests increased to 5,64,68,197.
child vaccination
The state is gearing up to start child vaccination from January 3. Arundhati Chandrashekhar, State Mission Director of National Health Mission said that 31.75 lakh children in the age group of 15 years to 17 years have been identified as the target population for this campaign. , Only Covaxin will be administered in a dose of 0.5 ml. It will be given free of cost in all schools.
“Teams of vaccinators will conduct jab in schools and PU/paramedical colleges from January 3. Those who are still having online classes, especially in private schools, have been asked to schedule a special day and invite their students to come to the schools. Take the jab,” she said.
“We intend to start this program in schools and colleges. We will open sessions in hospitals only when needed. However, private hospitals are free to initiate vaccination of children provided they have separate sessions for this group as only Covaxin is to be administered,” she explained.
Children who have had other routine vaccines are eligible for COVID vaccination after a gap of 15 days. The second COVID dose will be given after a gap of 28 days. He said that the registration on the CoWIN portal can be done using the number of the parent or the principal of the school.
Urging people to get their children vaccinated, he said there was no need to worry about the safety and efficacy of vaccines. “The government has come up with vaccines for children after a lot of research,” the official said.