456 COVID-19 cases, six deaths in Karnataka
Bengaluru(PTI): Karnataka on Sunday reported 456 fresh COVID-19 cases and six deaths taking the caseload and cumulative fatalities to 29,98,099 and 38,230 respectively, the state health department said.
In its COVID-19 bulletin, the department said 330 people were discharged, taking the total number of recoveries to 29,52,708. Active cases stood at 7,132.
Bengaluru Urban remained the major contributor of COVID-19 cases with 256 fresh infections and two deaths.
Chikkamagaluru district reported 66 cases, which was due to a sudden spurt in COVID-19 cases with a cluster coming up in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya.
The District Health Officer said all those tested positive are asymptomatic but they have been quarantined to prevent the spread of the disease.
Other districts too reported fresh COVID-19 cases including 20 in Dharwad, 17 in Kodagu, 14 in Uttara Kannada 13 in Dakshina Kannada, 12 in Hassan and 10 in Mysuru.
Apart from Bengaluru Urban, one fatality each occurred in Bengaluru Rural, Mysuru, Tumakuru and Udupi.
There were zero fatalities in 26 districts.
The positivity rate for the day was 0.41 per cent and the case fatality rate was 1.31 per cent.
A total of 1,10,556 samples were tested in the state including 93,481 RT-PCR tests on Sunday, taking the cumulative number of specimens examined so far to 5.38 crore.
The number of vaccinations done so far in the state rose to 7.71 crore, with 1,12,234 people being inoculated on Sunday, it said.
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Thousands protest in Washington DC against Trump ahead of inauguration
Washington: Thousands of people have gathered in Washington to protest against Donald Trump's policies ahead of his inauguration as the 47th President of the United States on January 20.
Trump, 78, succeeds Joe Biden, 82, on Tuesday as the new occupant of the White House. A coalition of nonprofit bodies, including Sakhi for South Asian Survivors, under the banner of People’s March, held the demonstration here to protest against the policies of Trump.
The People's March - previously known as the Women's March - has taken place every year since 2017.
Displaying anti-Trump posters and banner, the protestors raised slogans against the next President and also against some of his close supporters including Tesla owner Elon Musk.
The same group had also held a similar protest on January 2017, when Trump was inaugurated for the first time.
There were a series of three protests which started from three different parks and culminated near the Lincoln Memorial.
“Mass protest is one of the most effective ways to demonstrate to our communities that we are not obeying in advance or bowing to fascism, and invites them to do the same,” People’s March said.
The rallies coincide with Trump's arrival to the nation's capital for a series of weekend events in the lead-up to his swearing-in ceremony on Monday.
Amongst the coalition members are Abortion Action Now, Time to Act, SisterSong, Women’s March, Popular Democracy In Action, Harriet’s Wildest Dreams, The Feminist Front, NOW, Planned Parenthood, National Women’s Law Centre Action Fund, Sierra Club, and the Frontline.
Women’s March is anchoring the logistics of the mobilisation. Similar marches, though at a smaller scale, were also held in various other cities including New York, Seattle and Chicago.
“We really wanted to come to support women, equality, immigration, everything that really feels like we don't have much of a say in right now," Brittany Martinez, one of the protesters, told USA TODAY.
Law enforcement officials said protests and major events are being planned throughout the weekend ahead of the inauguration on Monday. The protestors condemned Trump’s policies and values. Many of them chanted, "Trans Lives Matter!", “Stand up, fight back!”, “Trust Black women!” and “We cannot be silent.”
