COVID-19: 328 new cases in Karnataka, 3 deaths
Bengaluru, Feb 8: Karnataka reported 328 new cases of COVID-19 and three related fatalities on Monday, taking the total number of infections to 9,42,846 and the death toll to 12,239, the Health department said.
With 350 patients getting discharged after recovery, the number of recoveries has gone up to 9,24,654.
According to a deparment bulletin, out of 5,934 active cases, 5,791 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and stable, while 143 are in ICU.
A total of over 1,75,65,234 samples have been tested so far, out of which 48,289 were tested on Monday alone, and 1,788 among them were rapid antigen tests.
The bulletin said of the fresh infections reported, 127 cases were from Bengaluru Urban alone.
Two deaths were reported from Bengaluru Urban and one from Bengaluru Rural.
Mysuru accounted for 48 cases today, Dakshina Kannada 40, Hassan 14, followed by others.
Bengaluru Urban district tops the list of positive cases, with a total of 4,00,692 , followed by Mysuru 53,624 and Ballari 39,178.
Among discharges too, Bengaluru Urban tops the list with 3,92,389, followed by Mysuru 52,399 and Ballari 38,541 .
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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.
