There have been constant cases of coronavirus in the state of Karnataka. The state government of Karnataka on Sunday declared that it will form a high-level scientific committee of medical experts to examine the long-term effects of COVID-19 among those who have gained from the illness and tested negative for the virus. In a tweet, State Medical Education Minister Dr. K Sudhakar stated, "Karnataka will constitute a special technical committee of medical experts to study the long term effects of COVID-19 in patients who have recovered from the infection."
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The minister stated, 'The panel will assess those who had mild and severe symptoms, especially people with comorbidity. New strategies would be drawn up for clinical care to ensure that those who recovered from the viral infection do not develop any health complications in the future.' Karnataka has so far reported 5.11 lakh infections and 7,922 deaths. Incidentally with this, the number of COVID-19 recoveries in Karnataka so far crossed the 4 lakh mark on Saturday, as the state reported 8,364 new cases of coronavirus and 114 related fatalities.
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In Bengaluru Urban, recoveries were also more as 4,180 got discharged than 3,733 fresh cases registered, while 33 died of the infection during the day. Of the 822 patients in the intensive care units (ICUs) across the state, 255 are in Bengaluru hospitals, followed by Dharwad 91, Ballari 70 and Hassan 62. Among the districts which reported a higher number of cases, Mysuru had 626, followed by Dakshina Kannada 432, Gadag 391 and Ballari 310.