Mar 17: 140 COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths in Karnataka
Bengaluru, March 17: Karnataka on Thursday recorded 140 fresh COVID-19 cases and two deaths taking the total infection count and fatalities to 39,44,326 and 40,028 respectively.
In its daily COVID-19 bulletin, the health department said 162 people were discharged, taking the total number of recoveries to 39,02,190 while active cases stood at 2,067.
Bengaluru urban district reported 99 infections and two deaths.
Other districts too saw fresh cases including 10 in Chitradurga, five in Dakshina Kannada, four each in Udupi and Uttara Kannada and three each in Kodagu and Mysuru.
There were zero deaths due to COVID in 30 districts including 15, which also reported nil infections.
The positivity rate for the day was 0.37 per cent and the case fatality rate was 1.42 per cent.
As many as 37,264 tests were conducted including 28,622 RT-PCR tests taking the total so far to 6.52 crore.
There were 61,244 inoculations done taking the total vaccinations so far to 10.23 crore, the department said.
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Mayawati criticises 'hasty' passage of Waqf Bill, says BSP does not support it
Lucknow (PTI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Friday criticised the central government for "rushing" the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, saying that the legislation should have been introduced only after addressing people's concerns and clarifying doubts.
Her remarks came after the Rajya Sabha passed the Bill late Thursday night, a day after its approval in the Lok Sabha, where the opposition strongly opposed it.
"After listening to both the ruling party and the opposition in Parliament on the Waqf Amendment Bill, the conclusion is that if the central government had given the public more time to understand the Bill and addressed all their concerns before bringing it forward, it would have been better," Mayawati posted on X in Hindi.
The BSP leader further expressed disappointment over what she termed as the government's "haste" in passing the Bill.
"It is unfortunate that the government hurriedly introduced and passed this Bill, which is not appropriate. Now that it has been passed, if governments misuse it, then the BSP will stand firmly with the Muslim community. In other words, the party does not support this Bill," she added.
