COVID-19 cases in Karnataka exceed 2.7-lakh mark
Bengaluru: Karnataka recorded 7,330 fresh COVID-19 cases and 93 deaths on Saturday, taking the total number of the infected past the 2.70-lakh mark and the dead to 4,615, the health department said.
The data released during the day did not include Mysuru district as the doctors there have gone on strike protesting over the suicide of the Nanjangud Taluk Health Officer Dr S R Nagendra after alleged harassment by his superiors.
The spike in cases and deaths was reported from Bengaluru Urban district, which recorded 2,979 fresh cases and 28 deaths.
According to the bulletin, 533 fresh cases were reported in Ballari, 348 in Udupi, 312 in Belagavi, 277 in Davangere, 253 in Dharwad, 228 in Dakshina Kannada, 221 in Shivamogga, 170 in Koppal, 165 in Kalaburagi and 151 in Vijayapura.
Fresh cases were also reported in Hassan, Bidar, Chikkaballapura, Mandya, Kolar, Bengaluru Rural, Gadag, Haveri and other districts.
The department said there were seven deaths each in Ballari and Dharwad, six each in Koppal and Tumakuru, five in Davangere, four each in Bidar, Shivamogga and Dakshina Kannada.
Deaths were also reported in Belagavi, Raichur, Vijayapura, Mandya, Yadgiri and Uttara Kannada, among others. While majority of those who died were above 50 years of age, the rest were young people. There were two people in their 30s and 15 in their 40s.
Most of those who died had severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) or the influenza-like illness.
There were 2,71,876 infections in the state since the outbreak of the pandemic. That comprised 1,84,568 discharges, including 7,626 during the day, the department said in a statement.
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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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