COVID-19 cases breach 10K mark in Karnataka; 397 fresh cases and 14 deaths
Bengaluru: COVID-19 infections in Karnataka breached the 10,000-mark with the state on Wednesday reporting 397 new positive cases and 14 related fatalities, taking the death toll to 164.
The day also saw 149 patients getting discharged in the state after recovery.
As of June 24 evening, cumulatively 10,118 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 164 deaths and 6,151 discharges, the health department said in its bulletin.
It said, out of 3,799 active cases, 3,687 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and are stable, while 112 are in ICU.
The fourteen dead include- five from Bengaluru urban, four from Ballari, two each from Kalaburagi and Ramanagara, and one from Tumakuru.
Almost all the cases are with the history of either Influenza-like illness (ILI) or Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI).
The dead include 10 men and four women.
Barring two, all the deceased are above 50.
Out of 397 new cases, 75 are returnees from other states, while eight are those who returned from other countries.
The remaining cases include contacts of patients earlier tested positive, those with a history of 'SARI' and 'ILI,' among others.
Among the districts where the new cases were reported, Bengaluru urban accounted for 173 cases, followed by Ballari 34, 22 each from Kalaburagi, and Ramanagara, Udupi 14, Yadgir 13, 12 each from Dakshina Kannada and Dharwad, Koppal 11.
While nine each are from Raichur and Uttara Kannada, eight each are from Davanagere and Chikkaballapura, seven each from Mysuru and Bengaluru rural, six each from Gadag and Kolar, Bidar five, Vijayapura four, Shivamogga three, two each from Mandya, Chitradurga, Chamarajanagara and Kodagu, and one each from Belagavi, Hassan and Tumakuru.
Bengaluru Urban district tops the list of positive cases, with 1,678 infections, followed by Kalaburagi 1,254 and Udupi 1,102.
Among discharges, Udupi tops the list with 978 discharges, followed by Kalaburagi 829 and Yadgir 567.
A total of 5,39,247 samples were tested so far, out of which 12,709 were tested on Wednesday alone.
According to the bulletin, so far 5,15,388 samples have reported negative, and out of them 11,654 were reported negative today.
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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.
