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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Sandeep Moudgal | TNN

Bengaluru: With few takers, Palike to close down most Covid Care Centres

BENGALURU: Although active cases in Bengaluru have climbed beyond the 2. 3 lakh mark — daily fresh cases over the past week have been anywhere between 20,000 to 25,000 on average — the government’s much publicised Covid Care Centres (CCCs) in the capital have barely had any takers.

Blame it on the convenience of home isolation, the high number of mild and asymptomatic cases or lack of trust in the government system, but as many as 17 operational CCCs in the city have a total estimated patient admission of only 125 people as on Monday.

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