Sept 17: Karnataka reports 476 new COVID-19 cases, one death
Bengaluru, Sep 17: Karnataka on Saturday reported 476 fresh COVID-19 cases and one death, taking the total infections and fatalities to 40,61,157 and 40,232 respectively, the State Health Department said.
The department in its daily COVID bulletin said 358 people were discharged, taking the total number of recoveries to 40,17,148 till date. Active cases stood at 3,735.
Bengaluru urban district alone contributed 215 fresh cases. Other districts too reported new infections today including 97 in Ramanagara, 24 in Kodagu, 18 in Mysuru, 12 in Shivamogga and 11 each in Tumakuru and Uttara Kannada.
The lone death due to COVID-19 occurred in Shivamogga.
The bulletin said five districts in the State have reported zero fatalities.
The positivity rate for the day was 2.03 per cent, the department said.
As many as 23,400 tests were conducted, those included 17,790 RT-PCR tests. The total tests done till date is 6.89 crore.
There were 36,077 inoculations done, taking the total vaccination carried out so far to 11.94 crore, the department said.
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KKR land Green for record-breaking Rs 25.20 crore; Shaw, Sarfaraz go unsold
Abu Dhabi (PTI): Kolkata Knight Riders splurged a record-breaking Rs 25.20 to land top Australian all-rounder Cameron Green even as Indian stars Prithvi Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan went unsold in the Indian Premier League players' auction here on Tuesday.
Green surpassed compatriot Mitchell Starc (Rs 24.75 crore) to become the most expensive overseas player at an IPL auction. This was after Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings were involved in an intense bidding war for him before the latter emerged winner.
KKR also went after Venkatesh Iyer before pulling out of the race against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, who fetched the services of the India all-rounder for Rs 7 crore.
As far as Green is concerned, his salary for the season would still be Rs 18 crore (USD 1.9 million) as the rest of the amount will go towards the BCCI's player development programme as per the rules of the auction for foreign players.
Green, who previously turned up for Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, has so far played 29 matches in the IPL to aggregate 707 runs and take 16 wickets.
Shaw, however, went unsold despite his fine run of form in the domestic circuit lately, and so was the case with Sarfaraz, who smashed a 22-ball 73 in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match for Mumbai on Tuesday.
Big-hitting South African batter David Miller was bought by Delhi Capitals for his base price of Rs 2 crore, but New Zealand swashbuckler Devon Conway, whose base price was also Rs 2 crore, went unsold in the auction.
Seasoned South African opener Quinton de Kock returned to his old base Mumbai Indians for a base price of Rs 1 crore.
A total of 359 players -- 246 Indians and 113 overseas players -- are part of the mini auction pool with the 10 franchises bidding to fill up a maximum of 77 slots, including 31 reserved for foreign players.
