18 new COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, Bengaluru Urban accounts for 11
Bengaluru: Eighteen new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Karnataka taking the total number of infections in the state to 463, the Health department said on Friday.
The new cases, including one woman and two children, were reported from Thursday evening till Friday noon and the total cases of 463 included 18 deaths and 150 discharges, it said in a mid-day situation bulletin.
Among the latest cases, eleven, including five of them accused in Padarayanapura violence and lodged in Ramanagara jail, are from Bengaluru Urban district.
The five are among 126 people arrested in connection with the attack on health workers when they went to the minority- dominated Padarayanapura for quarantining some people who were the primary and secondary contacts of coronavirus patients from the area on April 19.
Among the fresh cases, two each are from Belagavi and Bagalkote districts, one each are from Tumakuru, Chikkaballapura and Vijayapura.
Fifteen out of 18 cases are contacts of patients already tested positive, two are with the history of Influenza Like Illness (ILI) and one with travel history to Surat in Gujarat.
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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).
