Oct 9: Karnataka logs 69 new COVID-19 cases
Bengaluru, Oct 9: The COVID-19 cases declined further in Karnataka on Sunday with 69 fresh infections, taking the total tally to 40,65,691.
The state on Saturday recorded 85 cases, the health department said.
There was no fatality reported due to coronavirus today and the death toll remained at 40,245.
In its daily COVID bulletin, the department said 28 people were discharged, taking the total number of recoveries to 40,22,742.
The active cases stood at 2,662, the bulletin said.
Bengaluru Urban district accounted for the maximum 22 cases. Also, infections were reported in other districts including eight in Dakshina Kannada and seven in Udupi.
The department said 15 districts reported zero infection and nil death.
A total of 7,471 samples were tested in the state including 6,076 using RT-PCR methods, taking the cumulative number of specimens examined to 6.93 crore.
Further, 474 people were inoculated on Sunday.
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UP: 90 Bangladeshis, including 28 children, held in Mathura for illegal stay
Mathura (UP), May 16 (PTI): As many as 90 Bangladeshi nationals, including many children, were apprehended from Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district on Friday for alleged illegal stay in India, officials said.
They were taken into custody from local brickyards at Khajpur village under the Naujheel police station limits, a senior officer said.
"Regular searches were being conducted throughout the district. During one such operation, police were searching some local brickyards when they came across Bangladeshi nationals working there," SSP Shlok Kumar said.
Giving a break-up, the officer said in all, 35 men, 27 women and 28 children have been taken into custody.
"During interrogation, all of them admitted to being Bangladeshi nationals living illegally in India. They moved to Mathura three to four months back from a neighbouring state. Police are trying to establish their links," the SSP said, adding that their job contractor and other associates are also being questioned.
The officer told PTI that police also recovered some Aadhaar cards from the Bangladeshi nationals, apparently issued on forged documents in some other state.
Further legal proceedings are underway, Kumar said.
