Mar 2: 188 new COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, 12 deaths
Bengaluru, Mar 2: Karnataka on Wednesday registered 188 fresh coronavirus cases and 12 related fatalities, taking the aggregate to 39,41,453 and the toll to 39,969.
There were 816 discharges, pushing the total number of recoveries in the state to 38,97,239, a Health bulletin said.
Of the new cases, 106 were from Bengaluru Urban that saw 370 people being discharged and 4 virus-related deaths.
The total number of active cases across the state stood at 4,207.
While the positivity rate for the day is 0.45 per cent, the case fatality rate (CFR) was 6.38 per cent.
Of the 12 deaths reported today, 4 were from Bengaluru Urban, Dharwad 2, Ballari, Hassan, Mandya, Ramanagara, Tumakuru and Udupi 1 each.
After Bengaluru Urban, Mysuru recorded the second highest number of cases at 9, followed by Udupi 7, Hassan and Shivamogga 6, Chikkaballapura, Davangere, Kalaburagi and Uttara Kannada 5, followed by others.
Bengaluru Urban district now has a total of 17,78,778 cases, while Mysuru has 2,29,295 and Tumakuru 1,59,748.
Cumulatively, a total of 6.45 crore samples have been tested, of which 40,898 were on Wednesday alone.
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11 more bodies retrieved from Arunachal accident site
Itanagar (PTI): Eleven more bodies were retrieved on Saturday from the deep gorge in Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw district, where a mini-truck on which 22 labourers from Assam were travelling fell, an official said.
With this, 17 bodies have been recovered from the accident site, Anjaw's deputy commissioner Milo Kojin said.
He said three more bodies will be brought out on Sunday.
The operation, being conducted by a joint team of the NDRF and Army, resumed at 6 am.
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"The retrieval process was extremely difficult because of the treacherous terrain, and the gorge is very deep," Kojin said.
The operation was suspended around 4 pm due to low visibility and will be resumed on Sunday morning, he said.
"One person is still missing, and a search operation will be carried out tomorrow," he added.
The accident happened on the evening of December 8, around 40 km from Hayuliang towards Chaglagam in the district. On the evening of December 10, one survivor managed to climb out of the gorge and reach a nearby Border Roads Task Force (BRTF) labour camp, following which the authorities were alerted.
Six bodies were recovered from the gorge on Friday and handed over to their families on Saturday.
