Mar 26: 79 new COVID-19 cases, one death in Karnataka
Bengaluru, Mar 26: Karnataka on Saturday registered 79 fresh coronavirus cases and one fatality, and took the tally to 39,45,247 and 40,049 respectively, so far.
Ninetyfour patients got discharged today and the total recoveries was 39,03,380 till date, according to a bulletin.
Of the new cases, 58 were from Bengaluru Urban which recorded 83 recoveries and one death, said the bulletin.
The number of active cases in the State was 1,776.
The positivity rate for the day was 0.26 per cent; the case fatality rate 1.26 per cent.
After Bengaluru Urban, Ramanagara reported the most cases with seven, followed by Chitradurga (5), Tumakuru (3), Mysuru, and Udupi (2). Then, came the rest.
Bengaluru Urban district now has 17,81,421 cases, Mysuru 2,29,452 and Tumakuru 1,59,838.
Cumulatively, 6,54,62,161 crore samples have been tested so far with 29,372 examined today.
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EC-TMC meet ends on bitter note; CEC asks TMC delegation to 'get lost', MP accused of 'shouting'
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New Delhi (PTI): The meeting between a Trinamool Congress delegation and the full bench of the Election Commission on Wednesday culminated on an acrimonious note, with the TMC saying the panel's chief asked them to "get lost" at the end of the seven-minute meeting, while the EC accused them of "shouting".
After the meeting, TMC's Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien told mediapersons that they handed over letters from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, and also apprised him of specific instances of poll officials having links with the BJP.
"Then he said, 'Get lost'. We have done eight to nine meetings with the Election Commission. Apart from the CEC, none of the other election commissioners spoke," O'Brien said.
"While we were walking out, one of my colleagues congratulated Gyanesh Kumar for being the only CEC to have notices moved in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha for his removal," O'Brien MP said.
Meanwhile, sources in the Election Commission said the poll panel chief gave a "straight talk" to TMC leaders.
They accused O'Brien of shouting at the election commissioners and alleged that he asked the CEC not to speak.
The EC sources further said the elections in West Bengal would be "fear-free, violence-free, intimidation-free, and inducement-free."
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