Jan 5: Fresh COVID cases nearly double in 24 hrs in K'taka at 4,246; Bengaluru Urban reports 3,605
Bengaluru, Jan 5: Fresh COVID-19 cases in Karnataka nearly doubled in 24 hours to 4,246 and reported two deaths on Wednesday, taking the count to 30,17,572 and the fatalities toll to 38,357.
The State on Tuesday reported 2,479 new cases.
Of the new cases, 3,605 were from Bengaluru Urban that saw 264 being discharged and two deaths.
The total number of active cases is now at 17,414.
The State has been registering a steady surge in fresh infections for the last one week when the daily caseload was 566.
There were 362 people discharged today, taking the total number of recoveries to 29,61,772, a health department bulletin said.
While the positivity rate for the day stood at 3.33 per cent, the case fatality rate (CFR) was 0.04 per cent.
Apart from Bengaluru Urban, Dakshina Kannada recorded the second highest of 111 new cases, Udupi 88, Mysuru 59 followed by others.
Bengaluru Urban district now has a total of 12,72,050 positive case, followed by Mysuru 1,80,445 and Tumakuru 1,21,421.
According to the bulletin, Bengaluru Urban tops the list among those discharged with 12,40,874, followed by Mysuru 1,77,802 and Tumakuru 1,20,169.
Cumulatively, 5,69,99,461 samples have been tested in the State, of which 1,27,328 were tested today.
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2 killed, 5 injured in firing after mob storms CRPF camp in Manipur's Bishnupur: State home minister
Imphal (PTI): Manipur Home Minister Govindas Konthoujam on Tuesday said two persons were killed and five others injured in firing after a mob stormed a CRPF camp in Bishnupur district.
A large number of youths and women held a protest against the killing of two children in a bomb attack by suspected militants in Moirang Tronglaobi area earlier in the day, he said.
The protesters stormed the CRPF camp near Gelmol, a few 100 metres from the bomb attack site, burnt vehicles and vandalised properties there, he said.
"I had urged the protesters not to enter the CRPF camp and to allow security forces to focus on conducting an operation to apprehend those involved in the bomb attack," the minister said.
But the demonstrators did not pay heed to the appeal.
"They stormed the CRPF camp, burnt vehicles and vandalised portions of the camp, leading to firing by security personnel. They fired either in self-defence or in anger. Two persons, unfortunately, died in the firing, while five others sustained bullet injuries," the state home minister said.
