Udupi: Four patients in Udupi District died of Coronavirus in Udupi District even as it reported 126 new cases of the deadly virus in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of fatalities in the district due to the virus has climbed up to 44.

The total number of cases reported so far in the district has also gone up to 4800 including 126 on Monday.

Of the 126 new cases on Monday, 58 patients were residents of Udupi Taluk, 34 from Kundapur, and 28 were from Karkala Taluk. The four deceased patients hailed from Udyawar, Mandarti, Kundapur, and Udupi.

The district also reported 116 recoveries on Monday and patients were discharged from the hospitals. With 2812 recoveries the district currently has 1952 active cases being treated at hospitals.

Health Department officials confirmed that 1116 people who have tested positive and are asymptomatic are under home isolation.

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Varanasi: Comedian Shyam Rangeela has finally filed his nomination papers as an independent candidate from the Varanasi parliamentary constituency on Tuesday, May 14, the last day of filing papers.

Rangeela, who intended to contest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi had alleged on Monday that he was being denied a nomination from the seat, as he along with several other candidates were reportedly made to wait for filling papers on May 10th and May 13th.

Shyam Rangeela, taking to his official ‘X’ handle, wrote, "With your love and support, I have completed all the requirements as per the rules and submitted the nomination. I also have full faith in the democracy of this country. Now the next two-three days are crucial. Thank you all very much for your cooperation. My electoral future rests in the hands of all election officials who are the custodians of our democracy. With the hope that they all strengthen our faith, Yours Shyam Rangeela.”

Alongside, Shyam, BJP candidate Narendra Modi, Log Party's Vinay Kumar Tripathi, BJP's Surendra Narayan Singh, independent candidates Dinesh Kumar Yadav, Reena Rai, Neha Jaiswal, Ajit Kumar Jaiswal, Ashok Kumar Pandey, Sandeep Tripathi filed their nomination papers on Tuesday.

According to the Election Commision of India, a total of 41 candidates have filed nomination papers from the Varanasi constituency.