5,018 new COVID-19 cases, 64 deaths in Karnataka
Bengaluru: The COVID-19 tally in Karnataka rose to 7.70 lakh with the addition of 5,018 new cases while the death toll mounted to 10,542 as 64 more people succumbed to the disease, the health department said on Monday.
The day also saw 8,005 patients getting discharged after recovery.
As of October 19 evening, cumulatively 7,70,604 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 10,542 deaths and 6,53,829 discharges, the department said in its bulletin.
The active cases stood at 1,06,214 with 1,05,282 of them in stable condition in isolation wards of designated hospitals while 932 were being treated in the intensive care units.
As many as 17 of the 64 fresh deaths were from Bengaluru Urban followed by Dakshina Kannada (6), Bengaluru Rural and Chamarajanagara (5) and others with most of them either had a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) or Influenza-like illness (ILI).
Bengaluru Urban accounted for 2,481 of the fresh positive cases, taking its infection count to 3,10,021.
Tumakuru 253, Chikkaballapura 193, Ballari 186, Bengaluru Rural 173, Mysuru 151, Mandya 130, Dakshina Kannada 107, Chitradurga and Koppal 106 were among the districts that shared the remaining fresh cases.
Among discharges too, Bengaluru urban tops the list with a total of 2,41,942 recoveries, followed by Mysuru 37,319 and Ballari 33,442.
A total of over 67,46,358 samples have been tested so far, out of which 78,581 were tested on Monday alone.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
Rajya Sabha MP Sandeep Pathak booked in Punjab
Chandigarh (PTI): Punjab Police is learnt to have booked Rajya Sabha MP Sandeep Pathak, who recently defected to the BJP, sources said on Saturday.
Two FIRs have been lodged against Pathak under non-bailable sections, they said.
No further details about the FIRs have been disclosed yet.
Pathak was among the seven Rajya Sabha MPs who had quit the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and joined the BJP.
On April 24, the AAP suffered a jolt when seven of its 10 Rajya Sabha MPs -- Pathak, Raghav Chadha, Ashok Mittal, Harbhajan Singh, Rajendra Gupta, Vikramjit Sahney and Swati Maliwal -- quit, alleging that Arvind Kejriwal's party had strayed from its principles, values and core morals.
Six of the seven MPs were from Punjab.
Later, Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan officially accepted their merger with the BJP, reducing AAP's strength in the Upper House to three.
