As many as 44 new positive cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the state on Friday. With this, the total number of coronavirus infected patients in the state has increased to 359, said Health and Family Welfare Department.
A man in Aurangabad in Maharashtra has filed a complaint claiming tweets by wrestler-turned-politician Babita Phogat and actor Kangana Ranaut's sister Rangoli Chandel in connection with the novel coronavirus outbreak intended to create disharmony among communities, police said on Friday.
Two excise officers have reportedly been suspended after their video of physical brawl on road went viral on Thursday, according to an statement issued by the State Excise Commissioner on Friday.
Bengaluru: Testing procedure of COVID-19 patients in the state is moving with slow pace compared to Kerala, Andhra, Telangana, and Maharashtra. The state government must increase the examination rate, said Opposition leader Siddaramaiah.
In the second time in a week, Kerala reported a lone COVID-19 case on Friday, taking the active cases to 138 while 78,000 people are under observation.
With rising number of positive coronavirus cases in the state, the Karnataka government on Friday said it decided to conduct tests on those displaying symptoms for the disease in districts that have not reported even a single case of the infection so far.
Scores of people thronged a farmhouse to get a glimpse of the wedding of former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo, H D Deve Gowda's grandson Nikhil Kumaraswamy, ignoring appeals not to visit the venue in view of the ongoing lockdown in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak.
China's coronavirus death toll mounted to 4,632 on Friday after it revised the fatality figures by 50 per cent in Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, as Beijing faced mounting international criticism of under-reporting of the COVID-19 data.
A staggering 38 new positive cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Karnataka, taking the total number of affected in the state to 353, the Health department said on Friday.
Several Indian job-seekers stranded in the UAE due to travel restrictions amid the coronavirus outbreak are running out of money and desperately want to return home, according to a media report.
