Bengaluru, Nov 30: Karnataka reported less than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases and 13 related fatalities on Monday, taking the total number of infections to 8,84,897 and the toll to 11,778, the health department said
The day also saw 2,209 patients getting discharged after recovery, while active cases touched 23,279.
Bengaluru Urban reported 444 cases out of the total of 998 in the state, followed by Haveri 123, Hassan 45, Tumakuru and Mysuru 43 each, Vijayapura and Mandya 30, while the remaining was scattered over various districts.
Cumulatively 8,84,897 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state and these include 11,778 deaths and 8,49,821 discharges, the health department said in a bulletin.
Of the active cases, 22,930 patients are stable in isolation at designated hospitals. As many as 349 are undergoing treatment in Intensive Care Units.
Bengaluru Urban, with six deaths, was on top of the list, followed by Bengaluru Rural (2), while Bagalkote, Ballari, Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu and Uttara Kannada each reported one fatality.
Most of those who succumbed to the disease on Monday had a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) or Influenza-like illness (ILI).
Bengaluru urban district tops the districts in the list of positive cases, with a total of 3,69,734 infections, followed by Mysuru 50,680 and Ballari 38,242.
Among discharges too, Bengaluru Urban tops the list with total 3,48,348 discharges, followed by Mysuru 49,326 and Ballari 37,437.
A total of over 1,11,01,633 samples have been tested so far, out of which 81,333 were tested on Monday alone, the bulletin added.
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Bengaluru/New Delhi, Mar 28: National Commission for Women member Khusbhu Sundar on Thursday condemned the physical and verbal abuse of a PTI female journalist by an ANI reporter in Bengaluru and demanded immediate action against him by his employer.
An FIR has also been registered by the PTI reporter against the ANI journalist in Bengaluru.
ANI editor Naveen Kapoor said in a post on X that the reporter has been suspended while the investigations are going on.
The incident happened at a press event of Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar and his MP-brother D K Suresh on Thursday.
The PTI reporter said that the ANI correspondent physically assaulted and abused her with sexual expletives. The incident was captured on camera and the ANI reporter was seen striking the young woman reporter twice on the face while he was pulled away by other journalists and people in the scrum.
Reacting to the incident, NCW member Khusbhu Sundar demanded action in the matter.
"I vehemently condemn the behaviour of the male journalist who is seen physically and verbally abusing the PTI female journalist in Bengaluru today. Want @smitaprakash to take action immediately," she said in a post on X.
Kapoor said in his X post that, "ANI does not in any manner condone or approve of violence by journalists in the field".
He claimed that the PTI post is "selective and seeks to suppress the first attack by the PTI journalist as per what our reporter tells us".
"Our reporter is also filing a First Information Report in relation to the unprovoked attack on him. We trust the legal process to take its course and disclose the complete facts," he said.
However, he said, "Till the investigation process is not completed, the ANI reporter has been suspended".
PTI stands by its report and denies that its reporter assaulted the ANI journalist.
VIDEO | Abominable behaviour by ANI (@ANI) reporter who physically assaulted and verbally abused with sexual expletives a young PTI female reporter at a press event (@DKShivakumar @DKSureshINC) in Bengaluru today. Does ANI (@smitaprakash) condone such behaviour by its staffer?… pic.twitter.com/kZhz8MleoC
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) March 28, 2024
ANI does not in any manner condone or approve of violence by journalists in the field. This post is selective and seeks to supress the first attack by the PTI journalist as per what our reporter tells us. Our reporter is also filing a First Information Report in relation to the… https://t.co/nAMEgtRgPx pic.twitter.com/uGCDJBPbZL
— Naveen Kapoor (@IamNaveenKapoor) March 28, 2024
I vehemently condemn the behavior of the male journalist who is seen physically and verbally abusing the PTI female journalist in Bengaluru today. Want @smitaprakash to take action immediately. https://t.co/6FTDCjc1GE
— KhushbuSundar (Modi ka Parivaar) (@khushsundar) March 28, 2024