COVID-19 cases breach 1L mark in Karnataka,single biggest day spike of 5,324 new infections
Bengaluru: COVID-19 cases in Karnataka breached the one lakh mark on Monday, as the state reported the biggest single-day spike of 5,324 new infections and 75 fatalities, taking the death toll to 1,953, the health department said.
The day also saw 1,847 patients getting discharged after recovery.
With the fresh infections, a total of 1,01,465 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the state, including 1,953 deaths and 37,685 discharges, the health department said in its bulletin.
Out of 5,324 fresh cases reported on Monday, a whopping 1,470 were from Bengaluru urban alone.
The previous biggest single-day spike was recorded on July 26 with 5,199 cases.
This is the fourth consecutive day that the state is reporting over 5,000 fresh cases.
Out of the 61,819 active cases, 61,221 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and are stable, while 598 are in Intensive Care Units.
Twenty six out of 75 deaths reported were from Bengaluru urban, followed by Dakshina Kannada 9, Dharwad 8, Belagavi 6, three each from Ballari and Mysuru, two each from Kalaburagi, Kolara, Raichur, Vijayapura and Bagalkote, and one each from Bengaluru Rural, Davangere, Shivamogga, Hassan, Gadag, Bidar, Uttara Kannada, Koppala, Haveri, and Chikkamagaluru.
Most of the deceased either had a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) or Influenza-like illness (ILI).
Among the districts where the new cases were reported, Bengaluru urban accounted for 1,470, Ballari 840, Kalaburagi 631, Mysuru 296, Udupi 225, Dharwad 193, Belagavi 155, Kolar 142, Bengaluru Rural 138, Raichur 120, Dakshina Kannada 119, Vijayapura and Davangere 110, followed by others.
Bengaluru Urban district topped the list of cases with a total of 46,923 infections, followed by Ballari 4,930 and Dakshina Kannada 4,925.
Among discharges Bengaluru urban was on top with 12,189 discharges, followed by Kalabuagi 2,271 and Udupi 2,173.
A total of 12,05,051 samples have been tested so far, out of which 28,224 were tested on Monday alone, the bulletin said.
of the 28,224 samples tested today, 9,708 were rapid antigen tests.
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Prasidh, Kuldeep limit South Africa to 270 after De Kock's hundred
Visakhapatnam (PTI): India fought back gallantly through Prasidh Krishna and Kuldeep Yadav after Quinton de Kock struck his 23rd hundred, keeping South Africa to a manageable 270 in the third and series-deciding final ODI, here Saturday.
India won the toss after judging the spin of the coin incorrectly 20 times in a row. They had little hesitation in inserting the Proteas into bat, a clear indication of dew factor dominating the thought.
After Arshdeep Singh sent back Ryan Rickelton early, De Kock (106, 89b, 8x4, 6x4) struck his seventh century against India and put on 113 runs off 124 balls with skipper Temba Bavuma (48, 67b) as the visitors moved to a healthy position.
De Kock was severe on Prasidh (4/66), who erred on length continuously in his first spell (2-0-27-0). The left-hander biffed the pacer for 6, 6, 4 in his second over to milk 18 runs.
The 32-year-old quickly pounced on anything that was short, and pacers Prasidh and Harshit offered him plenty of feed on his pet areas.
Bavuma was more sedate, and made runs through those typical dabs and jabs, occasionally unfurling a drive of elan.
De Kock moved to fifty in 42 balls, and never let the tempo down reaching his hundred in 79 balls.
India found temporary relief when Ravindra Jadeja induced a false slash from Bavuma to get caught by Virat Kohli at point.
The tourists got another move on through a 54-run partnership between De Kock and Matthew Breetzkle for the third wicket, and at 168 for two in 28 overs they were in a good position to press on.
But Breetzke's punishment of part-time spinner Tilak Varma forced a rethink in the Indian camp, as skipper KL Rahul brought back Prasidh for a second spell.
What a masterstroke it turned out to be! The Karnataka man broke the back of South Africa’s top and middle order in an exceptional second spell (4-0-11-3).
Breetzke was the first man to go, trapped plumb in front with a straight one and four balls later Aiden Markram uppishly chipped a fuller delivery to Kohli at short covers.
Prasidh soon castled De Kock, whose ugly cross-batted swipe failed to connect a full length delivery from the pacer.
All of a sudden, SA found themselves at a shaky 199 for five, losing three wickets in the space of three overs.
Once Prasidh was done away with the top and middle-order, left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep (4/41) took over and mopped up the tail as SA fell short of even a par total on this track.
