The figures for the COVID cases is rising every day. The Karnataka government on Thursday said that it will conduct a survey to estimate the presence of COVID-19 across the state. The survey will involve adults over the age of 18 and will cover 38 units, including all districts of Karnataka and eight zones of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the state health department said in a press release.
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The state's COVID-19 tally surged the 2.5 lakh mark on Thursday and stood at 2,56,975 while the death toll is 4429. Karnataka’s COVID-19 cases began to surge from July 1 and the number of infections continued to climb with 7385 cases reported on Thursday. Out of this, 2912 were reported in the capital city of Bengaluru. The survey data is expected to guide further state interventions for COVID-19 management, the release said. The survey, dates of which are yet to be announced, will include samples from populations at three risk levels -- low, moderate and high.
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The low-risk category would include pregnant women and persons attending the outpatient department in hospitals or attendees of children or patients. Moderate to high-risk populations will include bus conductors, vegetable vendors, healthcare workers, individuals in containment zones and in public areas such as markets, malls, bus stops, and railway stations and the elderly and those with comorbid conditions. Data for the survey will be collected using an app to register patients, update sample collection status and lab results, the release added.