Aug 2: Karnataka logs 1,285 new COVID-19 cases, 25 deaths
Dakshina Kannada records 219 positive Covid-19 cases, four deaths
Bengaluru, Aug 2: Karnataka recorded a dip in new COVID-19 cases on Monday, logging 1,285 cases, taking the tally to 29.08 lakh, while the toll crossed the 20,000 mark with 25 more deaths.
The state had reported 1,875 cases on Sunday.
The twenty five deaths took the toll to 20,021, a health department bulletin said.
Active cases stood at 24,021, while 1,383 patients recovered, taking the total recoveries to 28,47,627.
Bengaluru Urban district reported 290 infections and five deaths, both of which were the highest in the state.
Dakshina Kannada was next with 219 cases and four fatalities
Udupi recorded 135 cases, Mysuru 102, Hassan 91, Kodagu 81 and Tumakuru 73.
Fatalities were reported from 10 districts, while 20 had none
The state conducted 1,33,030 COVID tests on Monday, taking the cumulative number of specimens examined so far to 3.89 crore.
A total of 4,42,330 people were vaccinated today, taking the overall figure to to 3.11 crore.
The positivity rate was 0.96 per cent and the Case Fatality Rate, 1.94 per cent, the department said.
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4 of family charred to death in fire at house in Howrah
Howrah (PTI): Four members of a family were charred to death in a fire at their house in West Bengal's Howrah district, officials said on Monday morning.
The incident happened in Sauria village in the Joypur police station area around midnight, they said.
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The deceased were identified as Durjodhan Dolui (72), his son Dudhkumar Dolui (45), daughter-in-law Shibani Dolui (40), and granddaughter Shampa Dolui (15).
An investigation is underway to ascertain how the kuchcha house caught fire, officials said.
Two fire tenders doused the blaze, they said.
The bodies have been sent to a government hospital in Uluberia for post-mortem examination, they said.
The family was very poor, officials said, adding that Dudhkumar also has a son, who works as a migrant labourer outside the state.
