Two coronavirus deaths reported in Karnataka, toll rises to 16
Six new positive cases including one from Uppinangady in DK reported on Sunday
Bengaluru: Two new COVID-19 related fatalities have been reported in Karnataka, taking the death toll in the state due to the coronavirus infection to 16, the health department said on Sunday.
A 65-year old woman, who is a resident of Bengaluru, and a 50-year old woman, who is a resident of Bantwal in Dakshina Kannada, with case of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI), have died on April 19 at designated hospitals in their respective districts, the department said in its bulletin.
Six new cases of COVID-19 including one from Uppinangady in Dakshina Kannada have been confirmed in the state.
Cumulatively, 390 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in Karnataka so far, it includes 16 deaths and 111 discharges.
Out of the 263 active cases, 260 (including a pregnant woman) are in isolation at designated hospitals and are stable, while three are in Intensive Care Units.
Among six new cases, four are from Mysuru and two from Dakshina Kannada, including the 50 year-old woman who died.
While two men from Mysuru (aged 46 and 20) had a travel history to Delhi, the other two (a 39-year-old man and 23-year old woman) are from Nanjanagudu in Mysuru and contacts of patients already tested positive.
The other person from Dakshina Kannada is a 30-year-old woman, the wife of a patient who already tested positive. Contact tracing has been initiated and was in progress for all the cases, the department said.
Nine out of 390 cases detected and confirmed in Karnataka so far are transit passengers of Kerala. Bengaluru topped the state in most number of infections reported with 89 cases, followed by Mysuru with 84 and Belagavi with 42.
Out of total of 111 patients discharged so far, the maximum of 44 are from Bengaluru, 24 from Mysuru, eleven from Dakshina Kannada, the department said.
Among the deceased, four are from Bengaluru urban, three from Kalaburagi, two each from Chikkaballapura and Vijayapura, and one each from Belagavi, Bagalkote, Gadag, Dakshina Kannada and Tumakuru.
A total of 21,367 samples have been tested so far, out of which 2,181 were tested on Sunday alone. So far 17,662 samples have been reported as negative, of which 2,004 were on Sunday alone.
In 31 fever clinics of BBMP (Bengaluru civic body) till date 4,387 people have been screened, while in 438 fever clinics of the state 60,177 people have been screened till date.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
