COVID-19: Over 8500 recoveries, 7,542 new cases in Karnataka
Bengaluru: Karnataka on Friday reported 7,542 new cases of COVID-19 and 73 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 7,51,390 and the death toll to 10,356.
The day also saw 8,580 patients getting discharged after recovery, the health department said.
A total of over 64,61,694 samples have been tested so far, out of which 1,05,891 were tested on Friday alone, and 27,961 among them were rapid antigen tests.
Out of the fresh cases reported today, 3,441 cases were from Bengaluru urban alone.
As of October 16 evening, cumulatively 7,51,390 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 10,356 deaths and 6,28,588 discharges, the health department said in its bulletin.
It said, out of 1,12,427 active cases,1,11,481 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and stable, while 946 are in ICU.
According to the bulletin, 24 out of total 73 deaths reported on Friday are from Bengaluru urban, followed by Dakshina Kannada (5), Tumakuru and Uttara Kannada (4), Chamarajanagara, Chitradurga, Dharwad, Hassan, Kodagu, Mysuru and Shivamogga (3), Ballari, Chikkaballapura, Kolar, Mandya, and Udupi (2), and Bagalkote, Belagavi and Kalaburagi (1).
Among the districts where the new cases were reported, Bengaluru urban accounted for 3,441, Mysuru 404, Bengaluru Rural 345, Belagavi 289, Davangere 280, Chikkaballapura 270, Mandya 246, Dakshina Kannada 220, followed by others.
Bengaluru Urban district tops the list of positive cases, with a total of 3,00,634 infections, followed by Mysuru 44,137 and Ballari 35,342.
Among discharges too Bengaluru urban tops the list with total 2,31,483 discharges, followed by Mysuru 36,105 and Ballari 32,555.
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Efforts on to bring Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna back to India: Home Minister
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Friday said efforts are on to bring Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing charges of sexual abuse against women, back to India.
He also asserted that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case was functioning efficiently.
The 33-year-old Prajwal, who is the grandson of JD(S) patriarch and former PM H D Deve Gowda, is facing charges of multiple instances of sexually abusing women.
The scandal has raised a political storm with the ruling Congress and BJP-JD(S) engaged in a slugfest.
Prajwal reportedly left for Germany on April 27 and is still at large.
He was BJP-JD(S) alliance's candidate from Hassan Lok Sabha segment, which went to polls in the first phase on April 26.
"Procedures are on, until we secure him, bring him back here and take action in accordance with law, they will continue. We will neither slow it nor stop it," Parameshwara told reporters on questions about the Interpol's Blue Corner Notice that was issued against Prajwal.
On BJP alleging that the government was "responsible" for Prajwal's "escape" from the country, the Minister said, "They will say it, they have to say such things. They cannot say the government is doing a good job. But we have a responsibility as a government. Such incidents cannot be taken lightly. We will do our job."
Accusing the Congress government of trying to tarnish the reputation of Deve Gowda's family instead of ensuring justice to victims of alleged sex videos scandal case involving Prajwal, JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy had recently alleged that every bit of information on the investigation is being sent to a Congress MLA of Mandya district, but not the Home Minister.
Reacting to this, Parameshwara said: "Kumaraswamy is also well aware, several things we cannot bring to the public domain, because the investigation is on. Who will brief the Mandya MLA? Making such allegations is easy. We all have responsibility and we are functioning with responsibility, and we are not under any compulsions."
"I want to tell him (Kumaraswamy) that SIT is working efficiently, and whatever they have to brief me or the Chief Minister, they will brief. Let there be no doubts about it," he said.
