Karnataka reports 17 new COVID-19 cases; total goes up to 277
Bengaluru: A 65 year-old man from Chikkaballapur, became the eleventh COVID-19 related fatality in Karnataka, where 17 new positive cases have been confirmed, taking the total number of infections in the state to 277, the health department said on Wednesday.
The elderly patient was referred from a private hospital here to a COVID-19 designated hospital April 13 with complaint of H1N1 positive, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with obstructive sleep apnea and history of uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, hypertension, the department said in its mid-day situation update.
He expired early this morning, it said.
Earlier confirming the man's death, Health Minister Sriramulu in a tweet said, the body is at Bengaluru's Victoria Hospital, and the department was preparing for last rites as per the central government rules.
According to the department, 17 new positive cases have been reported from last evening to this noon in the state.
"Till date 277 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed. This includes 11 deaths and 75 discharges," it said.
Among 17 new cases- 9 are pharma company workers at Nanjanagudu in Mysuru, a police man on duty at a Madrassa in Mudhol, Bagalkote district .
Four (two from Vijayapura and one each from Bagalkote and Bengaluru) are contacts of patients earlier tested positive, two (one from Mysuru and the other from from Ananthpur, who is in Bengaluru) are with the history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI), and one from Kalaburagi with Influenza Like Illness (ILI).
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Bihar: Over 150 children fall ill after consuming 'mid-day meal' in Saharsa
Saharsa (PTI): More than 150 children were taken ill after allegedly consuming food that was part of the mid-day meal in a school in Bihar’s Saharsa district, a senior official said on Thursday.
The incident occurred at a middle school in Baluaha village of the district.
The official said that 115 children were undergoing treatment at the Sadar Hospital, while around 50 students were admitted to Mahishi Public Health Centre.
“We received information that several children fell ill after consuming the mid-day meal in Baluaha. The children were initially treated at the primary health centre, but later, many were referred to the Sadar Hospital,” Saharsa District Magistrate Deepesh Kumar told reporters.
“According to doctors, the health condition of the children has improved, but they will be kept under observation for some time. There is no need to panic. Some kids are having mild fever. They are being treated accordingly,” Kumar said.
Meanwhile, family members of some children claimed that a snake was found in the container in which cooked pulses was stored at the school.
Of the 545 students present in the school, 200 had already eaten their meals by the time the snake was spotted, and later complained of stomach ache and vomiting, they said.
Regarding the claims, the DM said food samples have been collected from the school.
“We will be able to comment on this only after the results of the tested samples arrive,” he said.
