Karnataka records nearly 2k COVID cases: 37 deaths
Number of infected people rises to 23474, death toll to 372
Bengaluru: Cases of COVID-19 is on the rise in Karnataka. Every day, more than thousand positive cases are being found in the state over the past few days.
A total of 1,925 cases of coronavirus have been reported in the state from Saturday evening to Sunday evening, taking the tally of infected persons to 23,474.
In the last 24 hours, 37 people have succumbed to COVID-19. Bengaluru Urban District reported 16 mortalities, while Bidar reported 9, Belagavi, Davanagere, and Kalaburagi 2 each, and Bellary, Chikkaballapur, Hassan, Mysuru, Dharwad and Tumkuru districts reported one Covid death each. With this, the death toll has risen to 372, the Department of Health and Family Welfare bulletin stated.
Bengaluru Urban continues to top the list of the worst affected districts. The severity of the situation can be gauged from the fact that Bengaluru Urban accounted for 1,235 cases. The other top districts are: Dakshina Kannada (147), Ballari (90), Vijayapura (51), Kalaburagi (49), Udupi, Dharwad (45 each), Bidar (29), Mysuru (25), Koppal (22), Uttara Kannada (21), Chamarajanagar (19, Haveri (15), Hassan (14), Chikkaballapur, Tumakuru (13 each), Belagavi, Davangere (11 each), Raichur, Mandya (10 each), Chikkamagaluru (9), Shivamogga (8), Gadag (7), Ramanagara (6), Bagalkot (4) and Chitradurga (3).
Of the 23,474 infected persons in the entire state, 9,847 are fully recovered. Of these, 603 were discharged in a single day. However, there were 372 mortalities, while 13,251 people are being treated, according to the evening bulletin issued by the Department of Health and Family Welfare.
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Two held at Bengaluru airport with hydroponic ganja worth Rs 5.79 cr
Bengaluru (PTI): Two people were arrested at the Kempegowda International Airport here for attempting to smuggle hydroponic ganja valued at Rs 5.79 crore, upon their arrival from Bangkok on Wednesday, officials said
They seized 16.54 kg of hydroponic ganja, which was concealed in the checked-in baggage, the Bengaluru Customs said in a post on 'X'.
Both the accused were arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, it said.
Meanwhile, the Customs officials at the Bengaluru Airport also disposed of 287.5 kg of Ganja (Hydroponic Weed) and 1.17 kg of Cocaine seized under the NDPS Act, 1985, in accordance with CBIC (Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs) Disposal Manual on March 17, it said in another post.
