July 30: Karnataka reports 1,886 new COVID-19 cases, one death
Bengaluru, Jul 30: Karnataka on Saturday reported 1,886 fresh COVID-19 cases and one death taking the total infections and deaths to 40,05,671 and 40,102 respectively, the State Health Department said.
The department in its daily COVID bulletin said 1,242 people were discharged, taking the total number of recoveries to 39,55,018 till date. Active cases stood at 10,509.
Bengaluru urban district alone contributed 1,342 fresh infections. Other districts too reported fresh COVID-19 cases including 60 in Bengaluru Rural, 58 in Mysuru, 40 each in Dharwad and Hassan, 34 in Belagavi, 32 in Kodagu and 30 in Kalaburagi.
The lone death with the novel coronavirus was reported in Ballari.
The positivity rate for the day was 5.82 per cent, the department said.
As many as 32,379 tests were conducted, those included 23,348 RT-PCR tests. The total tests done is 6.78 crore till date.
A total of 92,376 people were inoculated, taking the total vaccination to 11.60 crore so far, the department said.
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Trump says EU has until July 4 to approve last year's trade deal or it will face higher tariffs
Washington (AP): President Donald Trump has said in a social media post that goods from the European Union would face higher tariff rates if the 27-member bloc fails to approve last year's trade framework by July 4.
The announcement on Thursday appeared to be a deadline extension after the president said last Friday that EU autos would face a higher 25 per cent tariff starting this week. Trump made the updated announcement after what he described as a "great call" with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Still, the US president was displeased that the European Parliament had yet to finalize the trade arrangement reached last year, which was further complicated in February by the US Supreme Court ruling that Trump lacked the legal authority to declare an economic emergency to impose the initial tariffs used to pressure the EU into talks.
"A promise was made that the EU would deliver their side of the Deal and, as per Agreement, cut their Tariffs to ZERO!" Trump posted. "I agreed to give her until our Country's 250th Birthday or, unfortunately, their Tariffs would immediately jump to much higher levels."
It was unclear from the post whether Trump was implying that the tariff rates would jump on all EU goods or the increase would only apply to autos.
His latest statement indicates he might be backing away from his earlier threat on EU autos by giving the European Parliament several more weeks to approve the agreement.
Under the original terms of the framework, the US would charge a 15 per cent tax on most goods imported from the EU.
But since the Supreme Court ruling, the administration has levied a 10 per cent tariff while investigating trade imbalances and national security issues, aiming to put in new tariffs to make up for lost revenues.
