366 new COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, 2 deaths
Bengaluru, Feb 9: Karnataka reported 366 new COVID-19 cases and two related fatalities, taking the caseload to 9,43,212 and the toll to 12,241, the Health department said on Tuesday.
The day also saw 513 patients getting discharged after recovery.
Out of the 366 fresh cases reported on Tuesday, 195 cases were from Bengaluru Urban alone.
Cumulatively 9,43,212 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 12,241 deaths and 9,25,167 discharges, the Health department said in its bulletin.
Out of 5,785 active cases, 5,642 patients are stable and in isolation at designated hospitals, while 143 are in Intensive Care Units.
Both the deaths reported today were from Bengaluru Urban.
Bengaluru Urban continued to top districts in number of new cases reported with 195 infections
Dakshina Kannadawas next with 29, Bengaluru Rural 20, Tumakuru 17 and Mysuru15, followed by others.
Bengaluru Urban district tops the list of positive cases, with a total of 4,00,887, followed by Mysuru 53,639 and Ballari 39,183 .
Among discharges too, Bengaluru Urban was on top with 3,92,715 , followed by Mysuru 52,416 and Ballari 38,546.
A total of over 1,76,25,719 samples have been tested so far, out of which 60,485 were tested on Tuesday alone.
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MP boat tragedy: Death toll climbs to 13; body of last missing person recovered
Jabalpur (PTI): The bodies of a five-year-old boy and his uncle were recovered from Bargi Dam in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur district on Sunday morning, raising the death toll in the cruise boat tragedy to 13, police said.
The boat, around 20 years old and operated by the state tourism department, capsized during a storm on Thursday evening.
"The bodies of Mayuram (5) and his uncle Kamraj (around 50), an employee of the Ordnance Factory in Khamaria, were found floating and were fished out of the dam," Bargi Sub Divisional Officer of Police Anjul Ayank Mishra told PTI over the phone.
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All 13 missing persons identified have now been accounted for, he said, adding the bodies were sent to a government hospital for postmortem.
Teams comprising around 20 Army divers airlifted from Agra, along with personnel from the National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force and local divers, were involved in the search operation, the police said.
Of the 41 identified passengers on board the vessel, 28 were rescued after the incident, according to the police.
The CCTV footage near the boarding point showed 43 people heading towards the boat, though the identities of 41 passengers have been confirmed so far, they said.
The state government on Friday ordered a probe into the incident and dismissed three crew members. It also banned the operation of similar vessels in the state.
