Karnataka reports 673 new COVID-19 cases and one death
Bengaluru, Jul 11: Karnataka on Monday logged 673 fresh COVID-19 cases and one death, taking the total infections and fatalities to 39,79,694 and 40,082 respectively, the state health department said.
The department in its daily COVID-19 bulletin said 852 people were discharged, taking the total number of recoveries to 39,32,852 till date. Active cases stood at 6,718.
Of the total infections, Bengaluru urban district contributed 621 while there were 10 cases in Mysuru, six in Ramanagar and four each in Ballari, Belagavi and Dharwad.
The lone death due to COVID-19 was reported in Gadag district whereas there were zero infections and fatalities in 10 districts of the State.
The positivity rate for the day was 4.98 per cent, the department said.
As many as 13,504 tests were conducted, those included 9,849 RT-PCR tests. The total tests done is 6.72 crore till date.
There were 34,069 people who were inoculated, taking the total vaccinated to 11.28 crore so far, the department said.
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Bengal polls: RG Kar victim's mother files nomination as BJP candidate from Panihati
Kolkata (PTI): Ratna Debnath, mother of the raped-murdered RG Kar hospital doctor and the BJP candidate from Panihati, filed her nomination papers on Thursday.
She was accompanied by senior BJP leader and former Union minister Smriti Irani and district party leaders.
Speaking to reporters after filing her nomination, she said her sole aim is to oust the TMC regime in West Bengal, which, she alleged, would ensure women's safety in the state and prevent a recurrence of incidents like the RG Kar case.
Nearly a year and a half after the brutal killing of her 26-year-old daughter inside a locked seminar room of the state-run hospital in August 2024, Debnath agreed to contest the polls on a BJP ticket from her hometown Panihati after being approached by the party "to bring to light the truth behind the crime".
She is pitted against TMC's Tirthankar Ghosh and CPI(M)'s Kalatan Dasgupta.
