Mangaluru: In what has been reported as the 13^th COVID-19 positive case in Dakshina Kannada District, a 39-year old Uppinangady resident has tested positive for the virus, according to an official statement from the authorities.

 Continued lock down across the country and suspension of all international flights to prevent spread of COVID – 19, has sparked problems and inconveniences to the lives of Indian Expatriates irrespective of labors and entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia. Different stories of expatriate ordeals have surfaced in the media from the kingdom. Here are some stories we could hear.

 Karnataka has scaled up the number of coronovirus tests by five times, said a key Minister, who regretted that some of those who died due to COVID-19 pandemic could have saved their lives had they opted to avail the treatment early.

An FIR has been registered against BJP MP Subhash Sarkar on charges of spreading a rumour through a social media post over the cremation of two bodies.

The Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday said the central bank will ensure adequate liquidity in the system to ease the financial stress caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The government on Friday gave exemptions to a few more areas from the purview of the ongoing lockdown including construction activities in rural areas, water supply, sanitation works and functioning of non-banking financial institutions and cooperative credit societies across India.

The death toll due to coronavirus rose to 437 and the number of cases to 13,387 in the country on Friday, according to the Union Health Ministry.

A record number of 4,591 Americans have died in the last 24 hours due to the deadly novel coronavirus in the US, which has the highest number of COVID-19 casualties in the world.