Coronavirus: Karnataka reports 5,851 fresh cases & 130 deaths on Monday
Bengaluru: Karnataka on Monday reported 5,851 fresh coronavirus cases but discharges in excess of 8,000 outnumbered new infections, as the state's overall tally shot past 2.83 lakh positive persons.
Besides, 130 deaths pushed the total fatalities to 4,810, the Health department said.
With the new addition of 5,000 plus cases on Monday, the southern state's total infections stood at 2,83,665.
As many as 8,061 persons were discharged after being cured of the deadly virus, taking the total recoveries to 1,97,625. The active cases stood at 81,211, including 768 in the ICU, the department said in a statement.
Capital city Bengaluru topped the charts of new positive cases, logging 1,918 fresh infections and 26 deaths.
The city has cumulatively reported 1,09,793 cases and 1,694 deaths due to the coronavirus. There were 34,735 active cases including 327 in the ICU and 73,363 discharges including 2,034 on Monday.
Belagavi (319), Ballari at 306 and Koppal, Shivmogga, Dharwad, Mysuru, Dakshina Kannada and Haasan districts also reported over 200 cases on Monday.
There was an unprecedented spike in coronavirus related deaths in Mysuru with 25 casualties on Monday.
According to the health department, seven deaths each were reported in Davangere and Koppal, six each in Ballari, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan and Haveri, five in Belagavi, four each in Tumakuru, Udupi and Vijayapura.
Deaths were also reported in Bagalkote, Chikkamagaluru, Ramanagara, Chamarajanagara, Chikkaballapura, Dharwad, Kalaburagi and Raichur.
Most of the deceased suffered from Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) and Influenza Like Illness (ILI).
The department said as on Monday 3,62,984 people were home quarantined whereas in the past 14 days, 3.64 lakh primary contacts and 2.97 lakh secondary contacts have been traced.
As many as 39,817 tests were conducted on Monday taking the total tests done so far to 24,53,768, the department added.
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Rupali Chakankar resigns as NCP state women's wing chief
Mumbai (PTI): Under fire over her association with rape-accused 'godman' Ashok Kharat, NCP leader Rupali Chakankar on Friday resigned as the party's Maharashtra women's wing chief.
"Following a discussion over the phone with (NCP president and deputy Chief Minister) Sunetra Pawar this morning, I am tendering my resignation as state president of the Nationalist Congress Party's women's wing," she said in a post on X.
Earlier, Chakankar had stepped down as chairman of the Maharashtra State Commission for Women after her links with Kharat came to light.
In the letter shared on the social media platform, Chakankar said that she had clarified her stand on the Kharat case on the very first day, asserting that she had no direct or indirect connection with his financial dealings or alleged wrongdoings.
Her stand remains clear and firm, and the truth would emerge in the course of investigation, Chakankar added.
The allegations being levelled against her in the media without any evidence are "painful" but the truth would ultimately prevail, she said.
Kharat, who headed a temple trust at Mirgaon in Nashik district, was arrested on March 18 after a woman accused him of raping her repeatedly over three years. A total of eight FIRs have been registered against him since then.
Chakankar was a member of the temple trust.
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