COVID death toll crosses 10k mark in Karnataka,7,606 new cases
Bengaluru: The COVID-19 death toll in Karnataka crossed the 10,000 marks on Monday with the addition of 70 fatalities, while 7,606 fresh cases took the total number of infections to 7,17,915.
The day also saw a record of 12,030 patients getting discharged, overtaking the number of fresh cases reported.
Cumulatively 7,17,915 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 10,036 deaths and 5,92,084 discharges.
Out of the fresh cases, 3,498 cases were from Bengaluru urban alone.
Of the 1,15,776 active cases, 1,14,848 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and are stable, while 928 are in Intensive Care Units.
Bengaluru Urban accounted for 18 of the 70 deaths, followed by Mysuru (7), Dakshina Kannada, and Koppal (4), Dharwad, Hassan, and Uttara Kannada (3) and others.
Most of those who succumbed to the virus either had a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) or Influenza-like illness (ILI).
Bengaluru Urban topped the districts from where new cases were reported, accounting for 3,498, followed by Belagavi 444, Udupi 317, Mysuru 309, Dakshina Kannada 303, Hassan 278, Tumakuru 264, Chitradurga 210, followed by others.
Bengaluru Urban with 2,85,055 cases tops the districts, Bengaluru urban district tops the list of positive cases, followed by Mysuru 42,373 and Ballari 34,573.
Among discharges too Bengaluru urban was on top with 2,17,122 discharges, followed by Mysuru at 34,357 and Ballari at 31,612.
A total of over 60,30,980 samples have been tested so far, out of which 78,757 were tested on Monday alone. Of them, 23,564 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.
