12 including five-month old infant test positive for COVID-19 in Bhatkal
Bengaluru: Karnataka reported 45 new positive cases of coronavirus on Friday, taking the total number of cases in the state to over 750, a health bulletin issued by Department of Health and Family Welfare informed.
The high number of new cases that came to the fore on Friday were the results of 14 new cases that were from Davangere, 12 in Bhatkal of Uttara Kannada, 11 in Belagavi, 7 in Bengaluru and 1 in Bellari that were reported between Thursday 5pm and Friday 12 pm.
In Bhatkal, three children including a five-month old infant tested positive for the deadly virus.
All the 12 people who tested positive in Bhatkal on Friday were reportedly the direct contact with the 18-year old girl who had tested positive on May 5.
The state has seen a total of 371 people recover from the virus who have been discharged from the hospital while it has witnessed 30 deaths due to the virus ever since its breakdown.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
