COVID-19: Karnataka crosses 4000-recoveries mark; records 213 fresh cases of virus on Monday
Bengaluru: Karnataka on Monday reported 213 fresh cases of Coronavirus in the state taking the total number of cases in the state to 7213. On a positive note, the state also breached the 4000-mark of number of recoveries reported in the state so far.
According to the latest health bulletin issued by Health and Family Welfare Department on Monday evening, the state recorded 213 new positive cases of the virus between Sunday 5 pm and Monday 5 pm and recorded 180 recoveries and discharges of patient in the meantime.
The state also recorded two more deaths in the last 24 hours which has taken the toll of death due to the virus to 88.
A 75-year-old woman who was admitted to hospital in Bengaluru Urban, passed away on June 15 due to the virus. Another 65-year-old man was admitted to hospital on June 14 who passed away on the same day in Dharwad District.
Among the District which reported fresh COVID-19 cases on Monday are Kalaburagi 48, Bengaluru Urban 35, Dharwad 34, Dakshina Kannada 23, Raichur 18, Yadgiri 13, Bidar 11, and Bellary 10 Koppal 4. Vijayapura, Bagalkote and Shivamoga reported three cases each. Udupi, Haveri, and Ramanagar reported two cases each while Hassan and Davangere reported one case each.
Of 7213 cases reported so far in the state so far, 4135 patients have recovered from the virus and have been discharged. 88 patients have succumbed to the virus, while the state currently has 2,987 active cases, the bulletin added.
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Confident we are going to win Kerala: Shashi Tharoor
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday expressed confidence in the victory of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in Kerala, saying the Congress-led alliance will win more than 75 seats out of the total 140 in the state.
Tharoor, who hails from Kerala, said he was not surprised to see the results of the exit polls, most of which predicted a victory for the UDF that has been out of power for 10 years in the state.
"We have been on the ground. I have campaigned in 59 constituencies across 12 districts out of 14. I was very confident we are going to win.
"Everything that I have picked up from not just my party colleagues and workers but also from other observers, media and others have always convinced me that we were going to score a comfortable win of above 75 seats. And all the (exit) polls have confirmed the same thing," he told reporters here.
The Thiruvananthapuram MP said he was not surprised to see the results of the exit polls but in general he was not a big fan of exit polls in India.
"Because ours is not purely a homogenous society. We have to take into account gender issue, caste issue, class issue, regional disparities. You never get a convincingly large enough sample to give an accurate poll and now there is the additional complication that we have heard about in West Bengal this year that many people are unwilling to answer the questions of the pollsters," he said.
The Congress leader said normally, it used to be below 10 per cent that people said that they would not answer.
"Even if you are a reputable exit pollster, in Bengal, one polling company has said 60 per cent of people refused to answer. So, what is the worth of a poll where 60 per cent of your respondents have not answered," he said.
Several exit polls on Wednesday predicted a comeback by the Congress-led UDF in Kerala after 10 years, dethroning the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF).
Polling for the 140-member Kerala assembly was held on April 9. Results of assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Puducherry, besides Kerala, will be announced on May 4.
