COVID-19: Karnataka logs 5,815 new cases, 161 deaths
Bengaluru: Karnataka on Saturday recorded 5,815 fresh coronavirus cases and 161 deaths, taking the infection count to 28,01,936 and toll to 33,763, the health department said.
The state has 1,30,872 active cases whereas the total discharges stood at 26,37,279 with the recovery of 11,832 people.
Bengaluru Urban district reported 1,263 fresh infections and 23 fatalities today. The city has so far recorded 12,04,326 infections and 15,433 deaths.
There were 72,263 active cases. The positivity rate for the day was 3.38 per cent and Case Fatality Rate was 2.76 per cent.
Dakshina Kannada district was the second major COVID hotspot of the day with 832 fresh cases and 16 deaths.
According to the health bulletin, there were 594 new cases in Mysuru, 391 in Hassan, 223 in Shivamogga, 222 in Belagavi, 208 in Mandya, 194 in Davangere, 182 in Tumakuru, 177 in Chikkamagaluru, 174 in Udupi and 161 in Bengaluru Rural.
Fresh cases above 100 were reported in Ballari, Chamarajanagar, Chikkaballapura, Chitradurga, Kodagu, Kolar and Uttara Kannada.
Bidar, Yadgir and Bagalkote, reported zero fatalities and lowest infections of three, five and 16, respectively.
The department said there were 17 deaths in Mysuru, 11 in Davangere, 10 in Ballari, eight each in Belagavi, Dharwad and Mandya, seven each in Chikkamagaluru and Shivamogga, six each in Kolar and Haveri and five deaths in Uttara Kannada.
Fatalities were reported in 13 other districts as well whereas there were zero fatalities in four districts.
The state conducted 1,71,765 COVID tests including 1,24,952 using the RT-PCR method on Saturday.
So far 3.18 crore tests were done cumulatively, the department added.
As many as 1.83 crore inoculations have been done in the state, comprising first and second dose of vaccine including 2,06,539 on Saturday.
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Tax money pays for free ration scheme but BJP trying to take credit, says Mayawati
Lucknow (PTI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati hit out at "BJP and company" on Thursday, saying they want to take credit for providing free rations to the country's poor.
"Far from freeing the people of the country from rising inflation, poverty, unemployment and backwardness, people of BJP and company are bent on extracting electoral gains for giving the poor a little bit of ration. This is not right as this is not kindness," she wrote in Hindi on the social media platform 'X'.
"The free ration to the poor is not a favour by the BJP or the government, it comes from the tax money paid by the people. Therefore, it is inappropriate to make fun of the poor by asking them for votes in return...," the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister added in another post.
BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, list the government's free ration scheme in every political rally. The party has even mentioned in its manifesto that it will continue the scheme till 2029 after coming to power.
The Congress claims that it brought the law to ensure food security to the poor. Party president Mallikarjun Kharge said at a joint press conference with SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday that on coming to power, they will not just improve the quality of the ration but also double its quantity.
