Three women of a family test positive for COVID-19 in Bhatkal
Bhatkal: In the latest Corona Virus bulletin issued by the State Government on Saturday afternoon, three women of a family reportedly tested positive for Corona Virus. The three patients are reportedly a wife and two daughters of person who had tested positive for COVID-19 last week after arriving from Dubai.
A 65-year old passenger who arrived from Dubai on March 19 had tested positive for Corona Virus and was shifted to Indian Navy’s Patanjali Hospital. On Saturday his wife aged 55 and two daughters aged 28 and 22 also tested positive for the virus.
All the three patients have now been shifted to Indian Navy’s Patanjali Hospital in Karwar.
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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.
