Nov 29: 257 new COVID-19 cases, five fatalities in Karnataka
Bengaluru, Nov 29: Karnataka on Monday logged 257 fresh COVID-19 cases and five deaths, taking the caseload and cumulative fatalities to 29,95,857 and 38,203, the health department said.
In its COVID bulletin, the department said 205 people were discharged, pushing the total number of recoveries to 29,50,747. Active cases stood at 6,878.
Bengaluru Urban remained the major contributor of COVID cases with 131 fresh infections and two deaths.
Other districts too reported new cases including 23 in Tumakuru, 21 in Hassan, 15 in Mysuru, 14 in Kodagu and 11 each in Dakshina Kannada and Dharwad.
There were zero fatalities in 27 districts.
While 15 districts reported zero infections and zero fatalities, nine districts had cases in single digits.
The positivity rate for the day was 0.45 per cent and the case fatality rate 1.94 per cent.
A total of 56,825 samples were tested including 49,473 RT-PCR tests on Monday, taking the cumulative number of specimens examined to 5.32 crore.
The number of vaccinations done rose to 7.37 crore, with 4,06,470 people being inoculated on Monday, the bulletin said.
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Trump’s fresh threat to bomb Iran amid reports of deal to end war
Washington (PTI): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened Iran with more bombing if it doesn't reopen the Strait of Hormuz, amid a report that the warring sides were nearing an agreement to end the war.
US media outlet Axios reported, quoting US officials and two other sources, that the US and Iran were getting close to a one-page memorandum of understanding to end the war and set a framework for more detailed nuclear negotiations.
The US expects Iranian responses on several key points over the next 48 hours, Axios reported, adding that nothing has been agreed yet. This was the closest the parties had been to an agreement since the war began.
"Assuming Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to, which is, perhaps, a big assumption, the already legendary Epic Fury will be at an end, and the highly effective Blockade will allow the Hormuz Strait to be OPEN TO ALL, including Iran," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
"If they don’t agree, the bombing starts, and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level and intensity than it was before," Trump said.
According to Axios, the deal would involve Iran committing to a moratorium on nuclear enrichment, the US agreeing to lift its sanctions and release billions in frozen Iranian funds, and both sides lifting restrictions around transit through the Strait of Hormuz.
It said many of the terms laid out in the memo would be contingent on a final agreement being reached, leaving the possibility of renewed war or an extended limbo in which the hot war has stopped, but nothing is truly resolved.
