Karnataka Extends Lockdown Till June 7, Daily Cases Above 32,000 | Read
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday extended the statewide lockdown by another two weeks; it will now be in force till June 7 as the state battles the surge in cases in the second Covid wave. The earlier lockdown, in effect from May 10, was to end on May 24. The state today reported 32,218 fresh infections and 353 fatalities, taking the total infections and deaths due to Covid to 23,67,742 and 24,207 respectively. It has 5,14,238 active cases.
