Alarming rise in COVID cases in Karnataka pushes state tally over 50,000; death toll crosses 1000
4,169 new cases; 104 deaths reported on Thursday
Bengaluru: In what has come as a whopping increase in the daily-spike of COVID-19 cases in the state, Karnataka on Thursday reported over 4000 cases for the first time. The state for the first time also breached the 100-mark for the deaths reported in a single day as it recorded 104 deaths due to the virus between Wednesday 5 pm and Thursday at 5 pm.
The state reported 4,169 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday which has also taken the total tally of the number of cases reported so far in the state to over 50k-mark. The tally now stands at 51,422 cases. 104 deaths on Thursday has taken the number of fatalities in the state over 1k-mark. The state now has 1,032 deaths so far.
Bengaluru Urban District reported 70 deaths on Thursday while Dakshina Kananda 7, Kolar 6, Bagalkote 5, Mysuru 3, Belagavi 3, Bellary 4, Bidar 2, Hassan 2, Kalaburagi and Mandya one each were other districts that reported COVID-19 related deaths.
Bengaluru Urban on Thursday reported 2,344 fresh positive cases of the virus, while among others, Dakshina Kannada 238, Dharwad 176, Vijaypur 144, Mysuru 130, Kalaburagi 123, Udupi 113, Raichur 101, Belagavi 92, Uttara Kannada 79, Chikkaballapur 77, Bidar 53, Shivmoga 46, Gadag 44, Bellary 44, Kolar 43, Bagalkote 39, Yadgiri 34, Koppal 32, Bengaluru Rural 31, Hassan 31, Chikkamagaluru 30, Davangere 25, Chitradurga 21, Haveri 18, Kodagu 18, Chamrajnagar 16, Tumkuru 12, Mandya 11, Ramnagar 4, reported fresh cases on Thursday, a bulletin from the Department of Health and Family Welfare stated.
Of the 51,422 cases reported so far in the State, 19,729 people have recovered and have been discharged from the hospitals including 1,263 on Thursday. 104 people have succumbed to the virus while there are 30,655 active cases in the state currently, the bulletin added.
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Real Madrid fines Valverde and Tchouaméni half a million euros each for altercation
Barcelona (AP): Real Madrid slapped players Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni with half-a-million-euro ($588,000) fines on Friday for their altercation during practice.
The massive fines came a day after the midfielders tussled when the team trained. Valverde said in a post on social media on Thursday that no punches were thrown. But Valverde knocked his head on a table and he suffered a small cut that required a brief hospital visit.
On social media, Valverde initially called it a “meaningless fight” with a teammate and said “everything has been blown out of proportion."
His employers, however, considered it a significant enough breach of team discipline to nail both Valverde and Tchouaméni with fines that bite even the bank account of a top soccer player. The half-a-million euro penalties reflect the reputational damage the club was enduring in a chaotic end to a disappointing season.
In a statement, the 15-time European champion said its disciplinary action was concluded after both players expressed to the club “their complete remorse for what happened and apologized to one another.”
Madrid added they also apologized to their teammates, the coaching staff and club supporters, as well as showing their willingness to accept whatever disciplinary action the club deemed “opportune.”
Tchouaméni was back training with Madrid on Friday, two days before they play at Barcelona in a clasico. Madrid has to win otherwise Barcelona will be crowned La Liga champion.
After being notified of the fine, he posted a public apology to the club and its fans on social media.
“What happened this week in training is unacceptable,” Tchouaméni wrote. "I say this while thinking about the example we are expected to set for young people, whether in football or at school.
“Above all, I am sorry for the image we projected of the club.”
Valverde was not at practice due to the head knock.
Both players are set to play in the World Cup next month, with Tchouaméni playing for France and Valverde for Uruguay.
Chaotic end to a poor season
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The run-in between the players, who for seasons have played side by side in Madrid's midfield, came after they argued this week in previous training sessions. But tempers boiled over on Thursday. Spanish media was rife with reports that the players previously disagreed over the club's decision to let coach Xabi Alonso go after just months on the job.
It was not the only altercation involving Madrid players during training this week. Álvaro Carreras confirmed he was in a “minor” incident with a teammate. Spanish media said he and fellow defender Antonio Rüdiger got into a scuffle.
Álvaro Arbeloa, the coach who was promoted from Madrid's reserve team when Alonso was fired in January, will face tough questions on what went wrong inside the changing room when he gives a press conference on Saturday ahead of the clasico at Camp Nou.
Madrid is facing a second consecutive campaign without a major trophy amid rumors in the Spanish media that club president Florentino Pérez is considering bringing back Jose Mourinho to straighten out his underperforming team.
