Bhatkal: Another man tests positive for Corona Virus; four new cases reported in town on Saturday
Bhatkal: In what is said to be the fourth positive case of Corona Virus in the town, another person tested positive for Corona Virus on Saturday evening here. Taking the total number of active cases in Bhatkal to seven.
The patient reportedly came to Mangaluru to receive his friend who arrived from Dubai to Mangaluru International Airport on March 20 and later tested positive for Corona Virus. He reportedly dropped the passenger in his car to his home in Bhatkal.
When the passenger tested positive for the virus, his friend who picked him at the airport and brought him to Bhatkal was also asked to report to the hospital after which his throat swabs were sent for testing. The reports arrived on Saturday evening confirming that he had tested positive for the virus.
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Count of voters in Gujarat drops by 73.73 lakh to 4.34 crore post-SIR
Ahmedabad (PTI): The names of nearly 74 lakh voters have been dropped from Gujarat's draft electoral rolls after the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, pegging the total count of electors at 4.34 crore as against the 5.08 crore earlier, an official said on Friday.
The draft electoral rolls were published here by the Election Commission on Friday.
A total of 73.73 lakh voters were omitted from the electoral rolls after the exercise initiated by the EC to clean the rolls, state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Hareet Shukla said.
"Before the publication of the draft electoral rolls, a total of 5,08,43,436 voters were registered in the state. After the publication of these rolls, the number of voters is now 4,34,70,109," he said.
"During the SIR campaign, the names of a total of 73,73,327 voters have been removed from the draft electoral roll," Shukla said.
The names of voters in following categories were deleted in the draft electoral rolls -- deceased voters (18,07,278), absent voters (9,69,662), voters who have permanently migrated (40,25,553), voters registered in two places (3,81,470) and others (1,89,364), a release from CEO office said.
The SIR exercise began in Gujarat on November 4 and ended on December 14.
After the publication of draft rolls, objections and claims regarding them can be submitted to authorities till January 18, the EC earlier said.
