Tumakuru, Jul 4: Four people were killed and two others injured when a auto-rickshaw, in which they were travelling was hit by a State-run KSRTC bus, near Mallasandra in the district, today.
Police said on Thursday that the dead included Auto driver Harish and two women, who were going to General Hospital.
The injured were admitted to the Hospital.
Bengaluru, Jul 15: Karnataka on Wednesday reported 3,176 new cases taking the total count of cases in the state to 47,253.
A total of 1,975 new cases were reported from the Bengaluru alone, the state's health department said.
The toll has gone up to 928 with 87 deaths reported today.
The total count of COVID-19 cases in the country is 9,36,181.
Mangaluru, May 18: The coastal district of Dakshina Kannada today reported two more covid-19 positive cases. One is a 30-year-old man and the other is a 55-year-old woman.
The man, a resident of Karopady in Bantwal, had returned from Raigad in Maharashtra and is under quarantine.
The woman, a resident of Yeyyadi, had fever and hence visited Wenlock hospital for test. She was diagnosed to have Severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) symptoms and later tested positive. She has been shifted to ICU.
With this the total number of covid-19 positive cases in the district rose to 54. Among them 48 are from Dakshina Kannada and six patients are from other districts.
New Delhi, Mar 21: Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Minister B. Sriramulu on Saturday informed that one more person was tested positive for the coronavirus in the state.
He said that a total of 16 persons have been tested positive for COVID-19 in the state so far.
The victim had come from Mecca and was kept in quarantine facility by the state authorities.
"For a 32-year-old man, who had just returned from a trip to Mecca has found COVID-19 positive. The infection has been confirmed. He has already been treated at an isolated ward of the hospital. Citizens must not have any sort of anxiety," tweeted Sriramulu.
Also, the news and public relations department, the Indian Red Cross Society and the Karnataka State Labour Studies Institute have invited volunteers for the programme to provide real-time information to people to avoid spreading rumours and misinformation about coronavirus.
At least four volunteers will work in four shifts per day in each taluk of the state. There are about 120 volunteers in Bengaluru city and about 3,000 Corona Warriors are expected to register from across the state. Over 400 volunteers have registered via online application on the first day.
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