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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Two arrested in K'taka for assaulting minors, uploading CSAM content
Bengaluru (PTI): Two men were arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting two minor girls, recording the acts on mobile phones and uploading the videos online as child sexual abuse material, police said on Thursday.
The accused have been identified as Kiran Kumar (29), hailing from Chitradurga district, and Aditya M K (20), hailing from Shivamogga district, they said.
A probe was initiated after information was received from the NCRP portal regarding a suspected instance of creation of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) for online dissemination, police said.
Accordingly, a case was registered at Kaggalipura Police Station under relevant sections of the IT Act on May 10, they added.
Investigation revealed that two minor girl victims were exploited and videos were created and uploaded to the internet. The child victims have subsequently recorded their statements as per procedure and further necessary legal steps have been taken, Pronab Mohanty Director General of Police, Cyber Command, said in a statement.
Based on the statements of the victims, the accused persons, who allegedly assaulted the minors, recorded the acts on mobile phones and uploaded the videos online, were arrested, he said.
Following the probe, sections 65(2) (rape) and 70 (gangrape) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with relevant sections of the POCSO Act, have been added to the FIR, police said.
Officials collected relevant information and on May 12, arrested the accused persons and seized three mobile phones belonging to them, in which the videos had allegedly been recorded, he said.
The accused were later produced before the court and taken into police custody for further investigation, he added.
According to him, in CSAM cases, police usually apprehend offenders who have downloaded such content or have kept them in their possession after obtaining them from elsewhere, usually the internet.
"The present case is one of the very few instances where content creators and uploaders have been apprehended," Mohanty added.
