The numbers of Influenza like Illnesses (ILI) and Severe Acute Respiratory Illnesses (SARI) cases in Bengaluru have spiked in less than a month. As per data from the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike COVID-19 war room, the number of ILI and SARI cases reported till May 31 was 34. Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases (RGICD) Director C. Nagaraj said that the number of ILI cases has increased due to change in the weather. The number of tests conducted till May 31 was 33,070. As of Monday, the number of tests conducted was 77,049.

Source: The Hindu June 22, 2020 16:25 UTC