COVID death toll crosses 10k mark in Karnataka,7,606 new cases
Bengaluru: The COVID-19 death toll in Karnataka crossed the 10,000 marks on Monday with the addition of 70 fatalities, while 7,606 fresh cases took the total number of infections to 7,17,915.
The day also saw a record of 12,030 patients getting discharged, overtaking the number of fresh cases reported.
Cumulatively 7,17,915 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 10,036 deaths and 5,92,084 discharges.
Out of the fresh cases, 3,498 cases were from Bengaluru urban alone.
Of the 1,15,776 active cases, 1,14,848 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and are stable, while 928 are in Intensive Care Units.
Bengaluru Urban accounted for 18 of the 70 deaths, followed by Mysuru (7), Dakshina Kannada, and Koppal (4), Dharwad, Hassan, and Uttara Kannada (3) and others.
Most of those who succumbed to the virus either had a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) or Influenza-like illness (ILI).
Bengaluru Urban topped the districts from where new cases were reported, accounting for 3,498, followed by Belagavi 444, Udupi 317, Mysuru 309, Dakshina Kannada 303, Hassan 278, Tumakuru 264, Chitradurga 210, followed by others.
Bengaluru Urban with 2,85,055 cases tops the districts, Bengaluru urban district tops the list of positive cases, followed by Mysuru 42,373 and Ballari 34,573.
Among discharges too Bengaluru urban was on top with 2,17,122 discharges, followed by Mysuru at 34,357 and Ballari at 31,612.
A total of over 60,30,980 samples have been tested so far, out of which 78,757 were tested on Monday alone. Of them, 23,564 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.
