Feb 24: 334 new Covid cases in Karnataka, 6 deaths
Bengaluru, Feb 24: Karnataka on Wednesday reported 334 new cases of COVID-19 and 6 related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 9,49,183 and the death toll to 12,309, the Health department said.
A department bulletin said number of discharges went up to 9,30,778 with 313 patients getting discharged after recovery today.
According to the bulletin, out of 6,077 active cases, 5,955 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and stable, while 122 are in ICU.
A total of over 1,84,94,364 samples have been tested so far, out of which 63,042 were tested on Wednesday alone, and 5,343 among them were rapid antigen tests.
Of the 6 deaths reported, 4 are from Bengaluru Urban and one each from Mysuru and Tumakuru.
Among the districts where the new cases were reported, Bengaluru Urban accounted for 174, Mysuru 25, Tumakuru 16, Kalaburagi 13, followed by others.
Bengaluru Urban district tops the list of positive cases, with a total of 4,04,357, followed by Mysuru 53,992 and Ballari 39,234.
Among discharges too, Bengaluru Urban tops the list with 3,95,515, followed by Mysuru 52,785 and Ballari 38,600.
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Delhi Police, NSG conduct mock drills at IGI, metro station, school
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Police along with the National Security Guard (NSG) conducted security mock drills at the IGI airport, Rajiv Chowk Metro Station and DPS RK Puram here late Friday and early Saturday.
The drills come days after nearly 200 schools received hoax bomb threats.
The drill was conducted at IGI airport at Friday 10 pm by the NSG commandoes and Delhi Police.
As part of the drill, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which looks after the security of airport, was alerted about a mock terror attack.
Other agencies like fire department and Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) also joined the drill, which went on for at least half an hour, an officer said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (IGI) told the media "no need to panic. It is a terror attack mock drill exercise which is being conducted in a coordinated manner with other agencies."
A similar exercise were conducted at Rajiv Chowk Metro Station at 1 am and Hyderbad House at 1.30 am and at Delhi Public School in RK Puram at 3 am.
At the school, the security personnel checked their preparedness against a terror attack or a bomb plant.
Earlier on Friday, mock drills were conducted at Taj Palace Hotel, Yasho Bhoomi in Dwarka, Kashmere Gate Metro Station and the New Parliament building in central Delhi.
An officer said though all bomb threats turned out to be hoax on Wednesday, they could not afford to take any chance, hence the mock drills.
