Aug 3: Karnataka logs 1,674 fresh COVID-19 cases, 38 deaths
Dakshina Kannada records 307 positive Covid-19 cases, eight deaths
Bengaluru, Aug 3: Karnataka on Tuesday logged 1,674 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 29.09 lakh, while 38 deaths took the toll to 36,650.
The day also saw 1,376 discharges, taking the total number of recoveries to 28,49,003, leaving 24,280 active cases.
Bengaluru Urban district reported the highest number of infections (477) and seven deaths, a health department bulletin said.
Dakshina Kannada logged 307 cases and eight fatalities, the highest among districts.
Mysuru district recorded 147 cases, Udupi and Hassan (104 each) Kodagu 94 and Tumakuru 80.
Thirteen districts reported zero fatalities, the bulletin said
Yadgir and Raichur districts did not report any fresh cases.
On Tuesday, 1,21,021 COVID tests were conducted, taking the cumulative number of specimens examined so far to 3.90 crore.
A total of 1,05,378 people were vaccinated, taking the overall number to 3.16 crore.
The positivity rate stood at 1.38 per cent and the Case Fatality Rate at 2.27 per cent.
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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.
