July 5: Karnataka registers 839 new cases, 2 deaths
Bengaluru, Jul 5: Karnataka on Tuesday reported 839 fresh COVID-19 cases and two fatalities taking the total infections and deaths to 39,73,873 and 40,080 respectively, the state health department said.
The department said in its daily COVID bulletin that 913 people were discharged, taking the total number of recoveries to 39,27,353 till date. Active cases in the state stood at 6,398.
Of the total infections, Bengaluru urban district contributed 775 while other districts, which had fresh infections include 17 in Dakshina Kannada, six in Bengaluru Rural and four each in Dharwad and Mysuru.
Kalaburagi and Kolar districts reported one death each.
There were zero infections and fatalities in 11 districts of the state.
The positivity rate for the day was 3.4 per cent while case fatality rate was 0.23 per cent.
As many as 24,652 tests were conducted, including 16,878 RT-PCR tests. A total of 6.71 crore tests have been done till date.
There were 24,009 inoculations on the day, taking the total COVID-19 vaccination tally to 11.23 crore so far, the department said.
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Ghatkopar hoarding collapse accused brought to Mumbai, to be produced in court
Mumbai (PTI): Bhavesh Bhinde, an advertising firm’s director, whose company had put up the giant hoarding that collapsed in Mumbai killing 16 people, was brought to the city early on Friday, a police official said.
Bhinde, director of M/s Ego Media Pvt. Ltd., the advertising agency which recently installed the billboard that crashed in suburban Ghatkopar on Monday evening, was apprehended from Udaipur in Rajasthan on Thursday, he said.
Bhinde was then taken to Ahmedabad and from there he was brought to Mumbai by flight, the official said.
The police team along with Bhinde arrived at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport around 5 am and he was taken to a crime branch office, he said.
He will be produced before the court later in the day, he said.
After trailing Bhinde for three days, the city police nabbed him on Thursday from Udaipur, he said.
The 120 feet x 120 feet hoarding collapsed onto a nearby petrol pump in the Chhedanagar area in Ghatkopar during gusty winds and heavy unseasonal rains, killing 16 people and injuring 75 others.
After the tragedy, a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder under the IPC was registered at the Pant Nagar Police Station against Bhinde, all directors of the advertising agency Ego Media, its officials and employees, officials had said earlier.
