COVID-19: 1,280 new cases in Karnataka, 13 deaths
Two Covid19 deaths in Dakshina Kannada
Bengaluru, Dec 8: Karnataka on Tuesday logged 1,280 new cases of COVID-19 and 13 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 8,95,284 and the death toll to 11,880.
The day also saw 1,060 patients getting discharged after recovery.
A total of over 1,18,78,413 samples have been tested so far, out of which 88,698 were tested on Tuesday alone, and 18,103 among them were rapid antigen tests.
Out of 1,280 fresh cases reported today, 638 cases were from Bengaluru urban alone.
As of December 8 evening, cumulatively 8,95,284 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 11,880 deaths and 8,58,370 discharges, the health department said in its bulletin.
It said, out of 25,015 active cases, 24,740 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and stable, while 275 are in ICU.
According to the bulletin, 7 out of the total 13 deaths reported on Tuesday are from Bengaluru urban, followed by Dakshina Kannada (2), and Ballari, Bidar, Chikkaballapura and Mysuru (1).
Most of the dead are with a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI).
Among the districts where the new cases were reported, Bengaluru urban accounted for 638, Mysuru 65, Chitradurga 52, Chikkaballapura 50, Hassan 49, Tumakuru and Chikkamagaluru 46, followed by others.
Bengaluru urban district tops the list of positive cases, with a total of 3,75,163 infections, followed by Mysuru 51,144 and Ballari 38,392.
Among discharges too Bengaluru urban tops the list with total 3,51,497 discharges, followed by Mysuru 49,809 and Ballari 37,620.
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MP boat tragedy: Death toll rises to 10 with recovery of one more body; 3 tourists still missing
Jabalpur (PTI): The body of a child was retrieved on Saturday evening from Bargi Dam in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh, raising the death toll in the cruise boat tragedy that took place two days ago to ten, while search continued for three missing tourists.
The boat, operated by the state tourism department, capsized during a storm on Thursday evening with some of the survivors alleging negligence and safety lapses such as life jackets not being distributed in time.
The body recovered on Saturday evening was possibly that of six-year-old Viraj Soni, said Sub-Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Anjul Ayank Mishra.
"The identity will be confirmed after family members identify the body," he told PTI.
Kamraj, an employee of the Ordnance Factory at Khamaria, his five-year-old son Tamil, and another child Mayuram (5) who had come from southern India were still missing.
Authorities have arranged equipment to search deep waters of the dam and are getting a generator to facilitate diving operations, Mishra added.
Divers and disaster response teams have expanded the search radius to five km, he said.
Of the 41 identified passengers on board the ill-fated vessel, 28 were rescued, police said.
More than 200 rescuers, including around 20 Army divers airlifted from Agra, joined the search operation that resumed at 5 on Saturday morning. The operation, involving the National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force and local divers, was briefly affected at around 9 am due to strong winds, officials said.
Post-mortem examinations of nine deceased persons have been completed, Mishra said.
"Our priority is to search for the missing persons. We will also register a First Information Report in the case soon," he said.
Police said CCTV footage near the boarding point showed 43 people heading towards the boat while the identities of 41 passengers have been confirmed so far.
The state government on Friday ordered a probe into the tragedy and dismissed three crew members. It also banned operation of similar vessels in the state.
