Karnataka reports 171 COVID-19 fresh infections, zero deaths
Bengaluru, May 7: Karnataka on Saturday reported 171 fresh COVID-19 cases taking the total infections to 39,48,635 while there were zero fatalities, the health department said.
In its daily COVID bulletin, the department said there were 1,945 active cases in the state while 121 people were discharged.
The state on Saturday conducted 15,647 tests including 11,520 RT-PCR tests.
The majority of cases came from Bengaluru Urban district which reported 155 infections on Saturday. The city has 1,841 active cases.
There were 10 coronavirus infections in Mysuru, two in Dakshina Kannada district and one each in Dharwad, Udupi, Bengaluru Rural and Bidar.
The department said 24 districts reported zero infections and zero fatalities.
The positivity rate for the day was 1.09 per cent.
As many as 88,069 inoculations were done in the state taking the total vaccination to 10.68 crore.
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US VP JD Vance says Lebanon not part of ceasefire, calls it ‘misunderstanding’
Budapest/Washington: US Vice President J D Vance has said that Lebanon was never included in the ceasefire understanding with Iran, describing the confusion as a “legitimate misunderstanding”.
Speaking to reporters before departing from Hungary, Vance said, “I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon and it just didn’t. We never made that promise.”
He stressed that the United States had not included Lebanon in the scope of the ceasefire at any stage.
His remarks come amid continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, where more than 200 people were reported killed, even as ceasefire talks between Iran and the US move forward.
Vance said Israel had “offered … to check themselves a little bit in Lebanon because they want to make sure that our negotiation is successful”.
He warned that if Iran allows the situation in Lebanon to affect the negotiations, it could derail the talks.
“If Iran wants to let this negotiation fall apart in a conflict where they were getting hammered over Lebanon, which has nothing to do with them and which the United States never once said was part of the ceasefire, that’s ultimately their choice,” he said.
