May 21: Karnataka reports 155 new COVID-19 cases, zero deaths
Bengaluru, May 21: Karnataka on Saturday recorded 155 fresh COVID-19 cases taking the total infection count to 39,50,378, the state health department said.
There were zero fatalities due to COVID-19 in the state on the day.
Of the total infections, Bengaluru urban district contributed 150 while Dakshina Kannada reported three and Tumakuru and Davangere reported one each.
There were zero infections and fatalities in 27 districts of the state.
The department said in its daily COVID bulletin that 166 people were discharged, taking the total number of recoveries to 39,08,617 till date. Active cases in the state stood at 1,655.
The positivity rate for the day was 0.77 per cent.
As many as 20,048 tests were conducted, including 15,024 RT-PCR tests. The total tests done across the state are 6.62 crore till date.
There were 75,388 inoculations, taking the total number of people vaccinated against coronavirus to 10.76 crore so far, the department said.
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US VP JD Vance says Lebanon not part of ceasefire, calls it ‘misunderstanding’
Budapest/Washington: US Vice President J D Vance has said that Lebanon was never included in the ceasefire understanding with Iran, describing the confusion as a “legitimate misunderstanding”.
Speaking to reporters before departing from Hungary, Vance said, “I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon and it just didn’t. We never made that promise.”
He stressed that the United States had not included Lebanon in the scope of the ceasefire at any stage.
His remarks come amid continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, where more than 200 people were reported killed, even as ceasefire talks between Iran and the US move forward.
Vance said Israel had “offered … to check themselves a little bit in Lebanon because they want to make sure that our negotiation is successful”.
He warned that if Iran allows the situation in Lebanon to affect the negotiations, it could derail the talks.
“If Iran wants to let this negotiation fall apart in a conflict where they were getting hammered over Lebanon, which has nothing to do with them and which the United States never once said was part of the ceasefire, that’s ultimately their choice,” he said.
