COVID-19: Total number of recoveries breach 5 lakh mark in Karnataka, 9,886 new cases
Bengaluru: Karnataka on Saturday reported 9,886 new cases of COVID-19 and 100 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 6,30,516 and death toll to 9,219, the health department said.
The day also saw the total number of recoveries in the state breaching the 5 lakh mark, with 8,989 patients getting discharged.
Out of 9,886 fresh cases reported on Saturday, 3,925 cases were from Bengaluru urban alone.
As of October 3 evening, cumulatively 6,30,516 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 9,219 deaths and 5,08,495 discharges, the health department said in its bulletin.
It said, out of 1,12,783 active cases, 1,11,942 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and stable, while 841 are in ICU.
According to the bulletin, 21 out of total 100 deaths reported on Saturday are from Bengaluru urban, followed by Mysuru (18), Dakshina Kannada (9), Hassan and Tumakuru (6), Dharwad (5), Ballari and Uttara Kannada (4); Belagavi, Shivamogga, and Udupi (3), Bidar, Haveri, Kalaburagi, Koppal, and Mandya (2), Bengaluru Rural, Chamarajanagara, Chikkamgaluru, Davangere, Gadag, Raichur, Vijayapura and Yadgir (1).
Among the districts where the new cases were reported, Bengaluru urban accounted for 3,925, Mysuru 1,514, Hassan 460, Shivamogga 337, Tumakuru 302, Bengaluru Rural 283, Belagavi and Dakshina Kannada 258, followed by others.
Bengaluru Urban district tops the list of positive cases, with a total of 2,45,700 infections, followed by Mysuru 36,291 and Ballari 32,530.
Among discharges too, Bengaluru urban tops the list with total 1,89,362 discharges, followed by Ballari 29,208, and Mysuru 28,465.
A total of over 51,74,652 samples have been tested so far, out of which 84,922 were tested on Saturday alone, and 36,514 among them were rapid antigen tests.
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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.
