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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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
