Bengaluru, May 16: At least 23 new COVID-19 positive cases have emerged in the past 19 hours, raising Karnataka''s tally to 1,079, a health official said on Saturday.
"New cases reported from Friday 5 p.m. to Saturday noon are 23," said the official.
Among the 1,079 cases, 548 are active and isolated in designated hospitals across the state, 494 patients got discharged and 36 died of the virus.
In the past 19 hours, cases spiked in Benglaluru Urban, the place hosting the highest number of coronavirus cases in the state.
Of the new cases, Bengaluru Urban reported 14 cases, followed by 3 in Hassan and Mandya, Ballari, Bagalkote, Davangere, Dharwad and Udupi, 1 each.
All the 14 cases, men, from Bengaluru Urban were secondary contacts of positive case 653.
All Hassan, Dharwad and Bagalkote cases had a history of inter-state travel to Mumbai, Maharashtra, India''s largest sufferer of Covid.
A 46-year-old man from Ballari had a travel history to Ahmedabad in Gujarat, another major COVID-19 hotspot state in India.
A 40-year-old man from Mandya had inter-district travel history to Kolar and Bengaluru.
A 1-year-old infant girl from Udupi had international travel history to Dubai.
Among the new cases, 15 are contacts of earlier cases.
Of the all cases, 20 are men and three women.
Only four of the 23 cases are above 50 and 18 below 40.
Of the 1,079 cases, 12 per cent patients were senior citizens, 66 per cent men and 34 per cent women with a discharge rate of 44 per cent.
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It is pre-planned murder,,,tmrw musthafa is to be released from jail
Those who r congratulating for the murder, please go and do it by yourself and feel proud. No... you cant do and u will never do it bcoz it will spoil ur future and your family.
Yererna ammana mage jaild kuriyinda kuriyad nank daane atthe.
Be a human first
Some ppl r happy for the above news..Now kiran will meet d same fate by someone else.
Its easy to type and comment congratulating kiran, but saddna tho kiran ko hai.
Kiran wait for your turn...
This is expected.........Accused considered as culprit.......
In reality culprit ruling the nation...........
falsehood bound to persish.truth prevails.....
For a Mumin if die in the cause of Truth or win both same..... both considered as victory
Indeed great news ... tax payer money saved ,billawa youth prashanth pujari atmakke shanthi sikthu ... good job kiran ... terrorists and criminals must meet the same fate ...
Inna Lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajioon
God is great, he dispensed justice inside the jail.
60% Cops are to be considered as terrorist.
Strange, encounter in jail.......Muslims have to suffer everywhere in the name of terrorism.....
Strange, How the criminals get lethal weapons in the Jail????
why the jail is providing them entertainment channel, So, this is the reason people do not hesitate to commit crime. Because they are getting everything in the Jail and leading a lavish lives over there.
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