Mangaluru: 414 new COVID-19 cases, 6 six deaths in Dakshina Kannada on Wednesday
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada on Wednesday reported 414 fresh cases of the Coronavirus while also reporting six new deaths due to the virus in the last 24 hours.
Of the 414 new cases of the virus reported on Wednesday, 222 patients were from Mangaluru taluk, 64 from Bantwal, 49 from Puttur, 31 from Sullia, and 28 were from Belthangady. 20 others who tested positive for the virus were from other districts.
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The total number of cases reported in the district so far now stands at 13,479.
Among the six people who succumbed to the virus, four were residents of Mangaluru, one from Belthangady and another patient was from other district. With six new deaths, the total number of COVID-19 fatalities in the district has gone up to 381.
346 patients also recovered from the virus. With 10,498 total recoveries, the district presently has 2600 active cases.
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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.
