Nov 2: 239 new COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths in Karnataka
Bengaluru, Nov 2: Karnataka on Tuesday reported 239 new cases of COVID-19 and 5 deaths, taking the total number of infections to 29,88,760 and death toll to 38,089, the health department said.
The day also saw 376 discharges, taking the total number of recoveries in the state so far to 29,42,272.
Bengaluru Urban accounted for 139 new cases, as the city saw 190 discharges and 3 deaths.
Total number of active cases in the state is at 8,370.
While the positivity rate for the day stood at 0.39 per cent, case fatality rate (CFR) was at 2.09 per cent.
Apart from Bengaluru Urban, one death each was reported from Tumakuru and Uttara Kannada.
After Bengaluru Urban, the highest number of fresh cases were reported from Mysuru 31 and Dakshina Kannada 18. Bengaluru urban district now has a total of 12,52,106 positive cases followed by Mysuru with 1,79,214 and Tumakuru 1,20,849.
Among discharges too, Bengaluru Urban tops the list with 12,29,397, followed by Mysuru 1,76,497 and Tumakuru 1,19,459.
Cumulatively a total of 5,10,07,738 samples have been tested, of which 60,711 were tested on Tuesday alone.
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6 held for murder of Congress leader in Ludhiana
Ludhiana (PTI): Six persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of Congress leader Parminder Tiwari, who was hacked to death with an axe on Sunday in Machhiwara here.
Tiwari, the block president of the Congress party from Machhiwara in Ludhiana, was murdered on March 29 while sitting outside his rented quarters near Takhran village
Deputy Commissioner of Police Jaskaranjit Singh Teja stated the case is neither linked to politics nor gang rivalry.
The main accused, Vijay Kumar and Lucky, were apprehended in Jamalpura village in Munger district, Bihar, by a special team dispatched there, police said.
Preliminary investigations suggest that the suspects aimed to illegally occupy a piece of panchayat land in the Machiwara area, but Tiwari opposed their plans. The accused allegedly visited Tiwari at his rented quarters on March 29 and attacked him with an axe, resulting in his immediate death, officials said.
The other four individuals arrested are relatives of the main accused and were aware of the murder plot, the DCP added.
Police have recovered the axe used in the crime, as well as the motorcycle the accused used to flee the scene.
