Dec 24: 405 new COVID-19 cases, four deaths in Karnataka
Bengaluru, Dec 24: With 405 fresh cases, Karnataka's COVID-19 tally reached 30,03,969, while four death took the cumulative fatalities to 38,305, the health department said on Friday.
The department said in its bulletin that 267 people were discharged, taking the total number of recoveries to 29,58,384. Active cases stood at 7,251.
Bengaluru Urban remained the major contributor of COVID cases as the city reported 254 infections and two fatalities.
Other districts too had fresh cases including 32 in Uttara Kannada, 20 in Dakshina Kannada, 18 in Kolar, 16 in Tumakuru, 13 each in Mysuru and Udupi and 12 in Kodagu.
Other than Bengaluru, one death each occurred in Mysuru and Belagavi due to COVID-19.
The positivity rate for the day was 0.35 per cent and the case fatality rate 0.98 per cent.
A total of 1,14,559 samples were tested in the state including 93,102 RT-PCR tests today, taking the cumulative number of specimens examined so far to 5.58 crore.
With 2,19,340 inoculations on Friday, the total vaccinations against COVID in the state reached 8.43 crore.
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Medical student jumps to death from Indore hostel; police launch probe
Indore (MP) (PTI): A postgraduate student of a government-run medical college in Indore allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the sixth floor of the institute's hostel in the wee hours of Monday, police said.
The deceased, identified as Aman Patel (28), was a native of Jabalpur and was pursuing an MD (Medicine) course from the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College in Indore, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Tushar Singh told PTI.
"Prima facie, it appears Patel jumped from the sixth floor of the boys' hostel in the Sanyogitaganj area at around 2 am on Monday," he said.
However, no eyewitness has come forward, and no suicide note was recovered from the spot, the official said.
The police were questioning other students residing in the hostel and people known to Patel, but no information has surfaced so far suggesting that he was under stress, Singh said.
The body has been sent for post-mortem examination, and its report will provide more clarity about the death, he said.
All aspects of the student's death were being investigated, the official added.
