COVID-19: Total active cases breach 1 lakh mark in Karnataka, 9,217 new infections
Bengaluru: The total number of active COVID-19 cases in Karnataka breached the 1 lakh mark on Thursday, with the state reporting 9,217 new cases of coronavirus infections and 129 related fatalities, the health department said.
This takes the total number of infections in the state to 4,30,947 and death toll to 6,937.
The day also saw 7,021 patients getting discharged after recovery.
Out of the fresh cases reported on Thursday, 3,161 cases were from Bengaluru urban alone.
As of September 10 evening, cumulatively 4,30,947 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 6,937 deaths and 3,22,454 discharges, the health department said in its bulletin.
It said, out of 1,01,537 active cases, 1,00,769 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and are stable, while 768 are in ICU.
According to the bulletin, 33 out of total 129 deaths reported on Thursday are from Bengaluru urban, followed by Mysuru (13), Dakshina Kannada and Hassan (9), Dharwad and Uttara Kannada (8), Ballari (7);
Shivamogga (5), Koppal Udupi (4), Davangere, Mandya, Raichur and Vijayapura (3), Belagavi, Chikkamagaluru, Gadag, Kalaburagi, Kolar and Tumakuru (2), Bagalkote, Chikkaballapura, Haveri, Kodagu and Yadgir (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 3,161, Mysuru 635, Shivamogga 549 (cumulative of last 2 days), Ballari 375, Tumakuru 365, Dakshina Kannada 350, Davangere 297, Dharwad 264, Belagavi 263, followed by others.
Bengaluru urban district tops the list of positive cases, with a total of 1,60,205 infections, followed by Ballari 25,404 and Mysuru 23,773.
Among discharges too Bengaluru urban tops the list with total 1,14,208 discharges, followed by Ballari 20,616 and Mysuru 16,408.
A total of 35,86,150 samples were tested so far, out of which 54,709 were tested on Thursday alone.
Among the samples tested today, 25,468 were rapid antigen tests.
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Defamation case: Application filed in court for voice sample of Rahul Gandhi
Sultanpur (UP) (PTI): An application for obtaining a voice sample of Rahul Gandhi was filed in an MP-MLA court here on Saturday during a hearing in a defamation case against the Congress leader over his alleged objectionable remarks against then BJP president Amit Shah in 2018.
The plaintiff Vijay Mishra's advocate, Santosh Kumar Pandey, said he filed the application requesting that a voice sample of Gandhi be collected and sent to a forensic science laboratory for comparison with a CD that has already been submitted to the court.
Rahul Gandhi's lawyers registered their objections to this demand. The next hearing in the matter is fixed for April 6, Pandey said.
On February 20, Gandhi, the Lok Sabha MP from Raebareli, had appeared before the court and recorded his statement, claiming the case was filed against him due to political vendetta.
He had also told the court that the audio and video evidence submitted by the complainant was incorrect and said he would present his own evidence.
In December 2023, the court issued a warrant against Gandhi after he failed to appear before it. He later surrendered before the court in February 2024 and was granted bail on two surety bonds of Rs 25,000 each.
The hearing was deferred on Friday due to a holiday on Ram Navami.
Pandey said that during the previous hearing, the complainant's side had filed an application seeking verification of audio and video evidence of the alleged statements made by Gandhi by matching them with his original voice.
The case stems from Gandhi's alleged objectionable remarks against Shah during the 2018 Karnataka election campaign. Following the remarks, Vijay Mishra, a resident of Hanumanganj under Kotwali Dehat police station area in Sultanpur, filed the defamation complaint.
