Bengaluru, Aug 20: The Karnataka government has said that as of Tuesday, 222 active dengue cases have been registered in the state.
Of the total cases, 51 have been hospitalised, including one in the intensive care unit, and the rest are being treated at home, stated the daily abstract issued by the department of Health and Family Welfare.
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On Tuesday, a total of 1,588 cases were tested, stated the abstract. Areas under Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) reported the highest number of cases at 95, of which four were hospitalised.
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New Delhi (PTI): CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on Thursday following prolonged illness, hospital and party sources said. He was 72.
Yechury had been in a critical condition for the last few days and was on respiratory support.
According to the sources, the veteran leader died at 3.05 pm.
The CPI(M) had said in a statement on Tuesday that the 72-year-old leader was being treated for an acute respiratory tract infection at the ICU in AIIMS, Delhi.
Yechury was admitted to the hospital on August 19 for treatment of a pneumonia-like chest infection.