Amid the increasing number of cases, the Mysuru district administration has imposed stricter curbs with a complete lockdown for five days a week to contain the spread of the deadly COVID-19 virus. As per the order, except for medical services all the other services - milk parlors, vegetable, and fruit shops will be shut down during this period. Essential trade has been permitted only on Monday and Thursday from 6 am to 12 noon. Mysuru logged 2241 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours which took the active caseload to 1.31 lakh. As of Wednesday, Mysuru recorded 1,34,448 COVID-19 cases, 1,16,299 discharges and 1,538 deaths.

Source: dna May 27, 2021 07:55 UTC