Apr 14: Karnataka logs 11,265 fresh COVID-19 cases
Dakshina Kannada reports 140 fresh coronavirus positive cases
Bengaluru, Apr 14: Driven by unprecedented rise in COVID cases in Bengaluru, where the caseload breached the five lakh mark on Wednesday, Karnataka reported 11,265 fresh infections and 38 deaths, taking the tally and toll to 10,94,912 and 13,046, the health department said.
Bengaluru urban district accounted for 8,155 infections and 23 deaths on Wednesday.
The city's has so far reported 5,02,024 infections and 4,933 deaths. The active cases stood at 63,167.
According to a department bulletin, there were 9,96,367 discharges cumulatively in the state, including 4,364 on Wednesday.
There were 85,480 active cases in Karnataka which includes 506 in the ICU.
The bulletin said 376 infections were reported in Kalaburagi, 356 in Mysuru, 290 in Bidar, 245 in Tumakuru, 159 in Ballari, 140 in Dakshina Kannada, 132 in Hassan, 127 in Dharwad, 122 in Vijayapura, 116 in Kolar, 110 in Udupi and 107 in Belagavi.
Cases were also reported in Bagalkote, Bengaluru Rural, Chamarajanagar, Chikkaballapura, Chikkamagaluru, Davangere, Gadag, Haveri, Kodagu, Koppal, Mandya, Raichur, Ramanagara and Shivamogga.
Besides Bengaluru, deaths have been reported in other districts as well -- five in Mysuru, three each in Kalaburagi and Dharwad, two in Bidar and one each in Ballari and Tumakuru.
There were 1,13,242 tests done on Wednesday including 1,05,630 using the RT PCR and other methods, taking the total tests conducted so far to 2.30 crore.
Cumulatively, 61.26 lakh vaccinations were done since the inoculation drive started in the state on January 16, the department added.
To view today's health bulletin: CLICK HERE
Today's Media Bulletin 14/04/2021
— K'taka Health Dept (@DHFWKA) April 14, 2021
Please click on the link below to view bulletin.https://t.co/l3xlt3aGUY@mla_sudhakar @PriyankKharge @BelladArvind @kiranshaw @WFRising @BangaloreBuzz @RCBTweets @NammaKarnataka_@ADinfodeptBIDAR @MangaloreCity @allaboutbelgaum @mysuruvarthe pic.twitter.com/FCZwEOECfK
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.
Two injuries, one DNF, a DQ as India end messy World Relays campaign
Gaborone (Botswana) (PTI): Amoj Jacob and Ragul Kumar got injured during the men's 4x400m and 4x100 races respectively as India ended their World Athletics Relays campaign in disappointment on the second day of competitions here on Sunday.
The Indian camp had high hopes of making the 2027 World Championships in the men's 4x400m relay but the team did not finish (DNF) the race as Jacob suffered cramps and pulled out of the race after taking the baton from the first leg runner Dharamveer Choudhary. Rajesh Ramesh and Vishal TK were to run in the third and fourth legs.
Those teams which could not qualify for the 2027 Beijing World Championships by reaching the final round of each of the six relay events on Saturday were given another chance in the second qualification round on Sunday.
The top two teams in each of the two heats (in all six relay events) booked the Beijing ticket on Sunday.
India will now have to try and qualify for the World Championships through the Top Lists of the World Athletics, which is a long and tedious process.
In the men's 4x100m race, third leg runner Ragul Kumar fell down the track after failing to hand over the baton inside the exchange zone to fourth leg runner Gurindervir Singh, which clearly showed the lack of coordination among the runners.
Harsh Santosh Raut and Animesh Kujur ran the first two legs.
The Indian quartet was disqualified and Kumar was seen being taken away from the Field of Play with the help of the volunteers.
It was a comedy of errors in the case of the women's 4x100m race, which saw the baton being dropped during an exchange between first leg runner Tamanna and second runner Nithya Gandhe, though the Indians finished the race in 53.09 seconds.
Gandhe started running quite a distance, but after realising that the baton was not in her hand, she turned and ran back to pick it up.
The only silver-lining for the Indian contingent was the national record time in the mixed 4x100m relay race, though the quartet of Ragul Kumar, Nithya Gandhe, Animesh Kujur and Sneha SS finished sixth in heat number two with a time of 41.35 seconds, bettering the previous national mark of 42.30 seconds set in March in Chandigarh.
The mixed 4x400m relay quartet of Theerthesh P Shetty, Kumari Saloni, Nihal William and Rashdeep Kaur ended at fifth in heat number one with a time of 3 minutes and 19.40 seconds.
On Saturday, all the five Indian relay teams had failed to make it to the respective final rounds and thus missed out on the 2027 World Championships berths.
