Bengaluru lockdown news: Today's updates

Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from your city.
Update at 11.19pm: Karnataka Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister JC Madhuswamy on Thursday said the Centre has objected to the state's decision to increase working days at factories, and the matter would be discussed in the next cabinet meeting.(PTI)
Update at 10.15pm: The Karnataka govt clarified on Thursday that it has not sought for imposing a ban on flights emanating from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan. The domestic air travel was resumed in several parts of the country on May 25. The state government also said that it has appealed to the Civil Aviation Ministry to take steps to lessen the incoming air traffic. (ANI)
Update at 9.13pm: According to the official data, out of the total positive cases, 1,650 are active cases and 47 people have died due to this virus. "115 new Covid-19 cases reported in the state today, taking the total number of cases to 2,533," the state health department said. (ANI)
Update at 8.11pm: Karnataka has appealed to the Civil Aviation Ministry to take steps to lessen the air traffic to the State, with the sacred intention that there may not be adequate quarantine facilities, if there is huge turn out at a short span of time.
Update at 7pm: Between 5 pm on Wednesday and 5 pm on Thursday, Karnataka registered 115 new Covid-19 cases.
Update at 6.16pm: Karnataka government to temporarily ban flights from Maharastra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan over high load of Covid-19 cases arriving from these states.
Update at 5.35pm: "28 people were discharged in Karnataka in the last 24 hours. 809 people have been discharged so far and the death toll is 47," the government of Karnataka said. (ANI)
Update at 4.38pm: Officials rescue 109 migrant labours and 65 children, who were being transported in two trucks from Challkere in Chitradurga district to Rayagad in Maharashtra amid coronavirus lockdown.
Update at 3.49pm: Domestic travel returnees from two states have increased Covid cases in Karnataka in the past 19 hours, raising the state's tally to 2,493, an official said on Thursday. Covid cases spiked in Udupi, Hassan, Chitradurga and Bengaluru Urban. (IANS)
*ANI update at 3.00pm: 19 Indian nationals who were stranded in Lakshwadeep due to Covid-19 lockdown were brought back today by AMINDIVI ship to Mangalore old port. District Health Department screened the passengers upon their arrival.

*ANI update at 2.22pm: The inauguration of 'Savarkar Yelahanka Bridge', that was scheduled for today, has been postponed to the next month, to avoid gathering of people amid Covid lockdown.

*Days after assuring the high court that it would bear travel costs of migrants leaving on Shramik Special trains up to May 31, Karnataka government has scaled down the number of trains it’s commissioning to send stranded labourers back home from Bengaluru.
*Update at 12.45pm: 75 test positive for Covid-19 in Karnataka; state's tally rises to 2,493
*Karnataka follows the ICMR policy and administers Covid-19 tests to all passengers coming from high-risk states and countries. And returnees from high-risk states spend seven days in institutional quarantine before being sent into home quarantine for another week.
*At least one in every three households in Karnataka is vulnerable to Covid-19, an analysis of data obtained from an ongoing door-to-door survey conducted by the state government shows. The data also shows one in every 34 vulnerable homes has a person with at least one comorbidity.
*Update at 9.47am: Death toll due to Covid-19 rises to 4,531, cases climb to 1,58,333 in India, reports PTI quoting Union health ministry
*One in three homes in Karnataka vulnerable to Covid: Survey
*Following deliberations with health experts, the Karnataka government is likely to scrap the mandatory Covid-19 test for asymptomatic travellers who arrive from other states and countries.
*Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday said mosques and churches will also open on June 1 along with temples.
*Karnataka ready to reopen malls, hotels & theatres after May 31
*Karnataka government’s cash transfer scheme for workers in the unorganised sector remains a non-starter, thanks to delay in creating database of beneficiaries, procedural issues and lack of bank accounts.