COVID-19: Total number of recoveries breach 5 lakh mark in Karnataka, 9,886 new cases
Bengaluru: Karnataka on Saturday reported 9,886 new cases of COVID-19 and 100 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 6,30,516 and death toll to 9,219, the health department said.
The day also saw the total number of recoveries in the state breaching the 5 lakh mark, with 8,989 patients getting discharged.
Out of 9,886 fresh cases reported on Saturday, 3,925 cases were from Bengaluru urban alone.
As of October 3 evening, cumulatively 6,30,516 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 9,219 deaths and 5,08,495 discharges, the health department said in its bulletin.
It said, out of 1,12,783 active cases, 1,11,942 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and stable, while 841 are in ICU.
According to the bulletin, 21 out of total 100 deaths reported on Saturday are from Bengaluru urban, followed by Mysuru (18), Dakshina Kannada (9), Hassan and Tumakuru (6), Dharwad (5), Ballari and Uttara Kannada (4); Belagavi, Shivamogga, and Udupi (3), Bidar, Haveri, Kalaburagi, Koppal, and Mandya (2), Bengaluru Rural, Chamarajanagara, Chikkamgaluru, Davangere, Gadag, Raichur, Vijayapura and Yadgir (1).
Among the districts where the new cases were reported, Bengaluru urban accounted for 3,925, Mysuru 1,514, Hassan 460, Shivamogga 337, Tumakuru 302, Bengaluru Rural 283, Belagavi and Dakshina Kannada 258, followed by others.
Bengaluru Urban district tops the list of positive cases, with a total of 2,45,700 infections, followed by Mysuru 36,291 and Ballari 32,530.
Among discharges too, Bengaluru urban tops the list with total 1,89,362 discharges, followed by Ballari 29,208, and Mysuru 28,465.
A total of over 51,74,652 samples have been tested so far, out of which 84,922 were tested on Saturday alone, and 36,514 among them were rapid antigen tests.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
