Karnataka reports 3,130 fresh COVID-19 cases, 42 deaths
Bengaluru: With 3,130 fresh cases, Karnataka's COVID-19 tally shot up to 8,05,947 on Monday, while 42 more fatalities pushed the death toll due to the disease to 10,947 in the state, the health department said.
The total cases comprise 7,19,558 discharges, including 8,715 on Monday, and 75,423 active cases, including 942 in the ICU.
Buoyed by the tremendous reduction in the number of cases, Karnataka Health Minister Dr. K Sudhakar said the recoveries were more than the fresh infections for the 12th consecutive day in the state.
"With 8,715 recoveries and 3,130 cases, Karnataka witnessed more recoveries than new cases for the 12th consecutive day," he said in a tweet.
Sudhakar urged people to continue the fight against COVID-19 by wearing face masks, ensuring hand hygiene, and maintaining a physical distance.
About 50 percent of the cases and deaths in the state were contributed by Bengaluru Urban district with 1,603 fresh cases and 20 deaths on Monday.
Cumulatively, the city has reported 3,27,376 cases, 3,754 deaths, 2,74,397 discharges, including 4,031 on Monday and 49,224 active cases.
According to the health bulletin, 153 cases were reported in Dakshina Kannada district, 139 in Mysuru, 124 in Davangere, 98 in Hassan, 87 in Bengaluru Rural, 86 in Chitradurga, 75 in Kolar, 63 in Vijayapura, 57 in Tumakuru, 56 each in Chikkaballapura and Mandya and 51 in Bagalkote.
Ballari, Belagavi, Chikkamagaluru, Dharwad, Haveri, Kalaburagi, Kodagu, Koppal, Raichur, and Udupi were also among the districts that reported fresh coronavirus cases.
Cases were also reported in Bagalkote, Belagavi, Chitradurga, Dharwad, Mandya, Chikkaballapura, Chikkamagaluru, Davangere, Gadag, Kalaburagi, Uttara Kannada, and Vijayapura.
The health department said four COVID-19 deaths were reported from Dakshina Kannada, three from Dharwad, and two each from Ballari and Mysuru.
One death each was reported in Davangere, Hassan, Kodagu, Kolar, Mandya, Ramanagara, Shivamogga, Tumakuru, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, and Yadgir districts.
Most of those who died of coronavirus were above 50 years of age and had a severe acute respiratory illness or an influenza-like illness.
A total of 65,892 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the state on Monday, including 54,937 using the real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method and other methods, taking the total number of tests done so far to 74.47 lakh, the department said.
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Surat LS candidate Nilesh Kumbhani whose nomination form was rejected suspended from Congress
Ahmedabad, Apr 25: The Gujarat Congress on Friday suspended from the party for six years its Surat Lok Sabha candidate Nilesh Kumbhani, whose nomination form was rejected over discrepancies leading to the BJP's Mukesh Dalal getting elected unopposed.
A statement from the Congress said the party's disciplinary committee decided to suspend Kumbhani after thorough discussion, adding it had come to the conclusion that the nomination form was rejected due to gross negligence on his part or "in connivance with the BJP".
"To be fair to you we have given time to you to explain your case but instead of coming before the party disciplinary committee you have gone incommunicado. After your form was rejected by the authorities, BJP went ahead and got form of other eight candidates withdrawn. This has deprived people of Surat their voting rights," the Congress disciplinary committee headed by Balu Patel said.
"People of Surat and party workers have become very angry due to your action and are expressing their anger in different ways. The Congress party has decided to suspend you for six years from the party," the press note said.
Kumbhani's nomination form was rejected on April 21 after his three proposers submitted affidavits to the district returning officer claiming the signatures on the document was not theirs.
The nomination form of Suresh Padsala, the Congress' substitute candidate from Surat, was also invalidated on the same grounds.
In his order, Returning Officer Sourabh Pardhi said the three nomination forms submitted by Kumbhani and Padsala were rejected after prima facie discrepancy was found in the signatures of the proposers and they did not appear to be genuine.
Kumbhani, a former corporator from Surat, had unsuccessfully fought the 2022 Assembly polls from Kamrej there.
The Bharatiya Janata Party's Mukesh Dalal was elected unopposed from Surat Lok Sabha constituency on April 22 after all other nominees, including one from BSP, withdrew from the fray one by one on the last day of withdrawing papers.
