May 30: Karnataka logs 20,378 fresh COVID infections, 382 deaths
Dakshina Kannada records 727 positive Covid-19 cases, five deaths
Bengaluru, May 30: Karnataka on Sunday reported 20,378 fresh cases and 382 deaths taking the infections and fatalities to 25,87,827 and 28,679 fatalities, the Health department said.
The state has 3,42,010 active cases whereas the total discharges stood at 22,17,117 with the recovery of 28,053 people.
Bengaluru Urban district, which had become an epicentre of infections during the peak of the second wave of COVID-19 and had exceeded 26,000 cases a day, reported 4,734 infections and 213 fatalities.
The city's COVID tally and fatalities was highest compared to any other part of Karnataka.
The city has so far reported 11,59,237 infections and 13,104 deaths.
There were 1,62,625 active cases.
Hassan district emerged as the second major COVID hotspot with 2,227 and 11 fatalities.
According to the health bulletin, Mysuru logged 1,559 fresh infections followed by Belagavi (1,171), Chitradurga (805), Tumakuru (773), Dakshina Kannada (727) and others.
There were 1,38,809 tests done on Sunday including 1,24,232 using RT-PCR and other methods.
So far 2.96 crore tests were done cumulatively, the department added.
As on Sunday, 1.34 crore inoculations were done in the state comprising first and second dose of vaccine.
The positivity rate for the day was 14.68 per cent and Case Fatality Rate was 1.87 per cent, the department said.
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Punjab Police cops withdrawn from Kejriwal's security
Chandigarh, Jan 23 (PTI): Punjab Police personnel deployed in the security of Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal have been withdrawn, the state police chief said on Thursday.
"Time to time, we get reports of threats to chief minister Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal and we share them with the concerned agencies.
"Following the directions of the Delhi police and the Election Commission today, we withdrew the component of the Punjab police in the security of Kejriwal ji," Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav told reporters in Patiala.
"We showed our concerns to them. We will remain in touch with them. We will share our inputs with the Delhi police," he said.
The development comes ahead of the elections for the 70-member Delhi Assembly on February 5. The poll results are set to be declared on February 8.
