COVID-19: Death toll crosses 9K mark in Karnataka, 8,793 new cases
Bengaluru: The death toll due to COVID-19 in Karnataka breached the 9,000 mark on Friday, as the state reported 8,793 new cases of coronavirus and 125 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 6,20,630, the health department said.
The day also saw 7,094 patients getting discharged after recovery.
A total of 50,89,730 samples have been tested so far, out of which 92,059 were tested today alone, and 44,046 among them were rapid antigen tests.
Out of 8,793 fresh cases reported on Friday, 4,259 cases were from Bengaluru urban alone.
As of October 2 evening, cumulatively 6,20,630 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 9,119 deaths and 4,99,506 discharges, the health department said in its bulletin.
It said, out of 1,11,986 active cases, 1,11,159 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and are stable, while 827 are in ICU.
According to the bulletin, 47 out of total 125 deaths reported on Friday are from Bengaluru urban, followed by Mysuru (18), Dakshina Kannada (12), Tumakuru (8), Belagavi (7), Dharwad and Hassan (6); Koppal and Shivamogga (3), Bagalkote, Ballari, Bidar, Haveri and Mandya (2), and Chikkamagaluru, Davangere, Kalaburgai, Udupi and Vijayapura (1).
Most of the dead are either with a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) or Influenza-like illness (ILI).
Among the districts where the new cases were reported, Bengaluru urban accounted for 4,259, Tumakuru 405, Dakshina Kannada 322, Hassan 315, Shivamogga 307, Bengaluru Rural 298, Ballari 262, Mandya 257, Davangere 225, Udupi 212, followed by others.
Bengaluru urban district tops the list of positive cases, with a total of 2,41,775 infections, followed by Mysuru 34,777 and Ballari 32,277.
Among discharges too Bengaluru urban tops the list with total 1,87,361 discharges, followed by Ballari 28,968 and Mysuru 27,606.
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
