Sept 4: 600 COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths reported in Karnataka
Bengaluru, Sep 4: Karnataka on Sunday reported 600 fresh cases of COVID-19 and two deaths, taking the total infected and fatalities till date to 40,54,746 and 40,205 respectively, the Health Department said.
The day saw 589 people getting discharged, taking the total recoveries to 40,09,287 so far, according to a bulletin.
Active cases were totally 5,212, the bulletin said.
Bengaluru urban accounted for the most with 312 cases.
Other districts reported infections in double-digits: 54 in Mysuru, 22 each in Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu and Ramanagar, 19 in Hassan, and 15 in Kolar.
The two deaths occurred in Dharwad.
The bulletin said Bidar and Yadgir reported zero infection and zero death.
A total of 28,046 samples were tested and they include 21,714 using RT-PCR tests, taking the cumulative number of specimens examined to 6.87 crore so far.
The number vaccinated rose to 11.87 crore with 2,173 people being inoculated today, the bulletin said.
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7 held for running fake call centre in South Kolkata
Kolkata (PTI): Seven people were arrested from the Parnashree area in the southern part of the city for allegedly running a fake call centre, a police officer said on Saturday.
Acting on a tip-off, police raided a house on Netaji Subhas Road on Friday night and found the fake call centre operating from the ground floor, he said.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused had set up a bogus company using forged documents and posed as employees of an antivirus firm to call citizens in the US, the officer said.
"The callers would gain the trust of victims and then use remote access to take control of their phones or other digital devices. The accused allegedly siphoned off large sums of money, running into millions of dollars, from victims' accounts," he said.
Five laptops, two WiFi routers, six mobile phones and four headsets were seized from the accused, he said, adding that the seven are being questioned to ascertain the full extent of the racket and to identify others involved.
