7 new COVID-19 cases in Karnataka; total goes up to 415
Bengaluru: An 80-year-old man became the 17th COVID-19 fatality in Karnataka, where seven new cases of coronavirus were confirmed, taking the total number of infected in the state to 415, the health department said on Tuesday.
The elderly man, who died at a hospital in Kalaburagi in northern Karnataka, was a known case of Parkinson's disease and bed ridden for the last three years, the department said in its mid-day situation update on COVID-19.
He was admitted to the designated hospital in Kalaburagi on April 19 with complaint of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) and died on Monday and his test report later confirmed he was infected with coronavirus.
Earlier in the day, announcing the fresh death, Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar said the man died at 9 am on Monday.
"...last night at 9 pm the death report came, which confirmed that he was COVID-19 positive," he tweeted.
Seven new positive cases, including the deceased in Kalaburagi, have been reported from last evening till this noon, the health department said.
"Till date 415 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed. This includes 17 deaths and 114 discharges," it said.
Of the other six new cases, three are from Vijayapura, two from Kalaburagi, and one from Bantwala in Dakshina Kannada district with four of them being women.
Four out of seven are contacts of patients already tested positive, two are with history of SARI and one with Influenza-like illness (ILI).
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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).
