Two more senior citizens succumb to COVID-19 in Udupi District on Sunday
Udupi: Two more patients who were being treated at a private hospital here have succumbed to the deadly COVID-19 on Sunday. With this, the total number of fatalities due to the virus in the district has gone up to 17.
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The two patients were being treated for various ailments at the hospital and both had tested positive for COVID-19, officials of the health department informed. The officials also added that one of the patients was male while the other was female. One of them hailed from Byndoor Taluk in the district, while the other was a resident of Indira Nagar in Udupi.
The 63-year-old woman from Byndoor passed away on late Saturday night while the male patient from Indira Nagar passed away on Sunday morning. Both of them were reportedly shifted to the ICU ward after they had tested positive for the virus.
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Commercial LPG price hiked by Rs 993 per 19-kg cylinder
New Delhi (PTI): The price of commercial LPG was hiked by the steepest ever Rs 993 per 19-kg cylinder on Friday, marking the third straight monthly increase due to rising global energy prices linked to the West Asia conflict.
A 19-kg commercial LPG - used by establishments such as hotels and restaurtants - now costs a record Rs 3,071.5 in Delhi as against Rs 2,078.50 previously.
Rates were last increased by 195.50 per cylinder on April 1. Prior to that, prices had gone up by Rs 114.5 per 19-kg cylinder on March 1.
In three increases, commercial LPG rates have gone up by Rs 1,303.
Prices of domestic cooking gas LPG - the one used in household kitchens - remained unchanged. Domestic LPG rates were last hiked by Rs 60 per 14.2-kg cylinder on March 7. It costs Rs 913 per 14.2-kg cylinder in Delhi.
State-owned Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum, and Hindustan Petroleum revise ATF and LPG prices on the first day of every month based on international benchmarks and the exchange rate.
Global oil prices have shot up almost 50 per cent after the war in West Asia disrupted energy supply chains.
Petrol and diesel prices continue to remain frozen after a Rs 2 per-litre reduction in March last year; petrol currently costs Rs 94.72 per litre in Delhi and diesel Rs 87.62.
