Karnataka Covid lockdown news live: 24 die at government hospital due to oxygen shortage
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Karnataka Covid lockdown news live: 24 die at government hospital due to oxygen shortage
In some respite, the second wave of Covid-19 infections will begin to recede in Bengaluru a hotspot in the country from next week, projections made by experts advising the state government suggest. They say the capital city will see a 10% to 20% decline in fresh cases by May 8.April, which has been the worst month of the pandemic so far in Karnataka with the number of infections crossing five lakh, had a silver lining: For the first time since the outbreak, the state conducted more than 40 lakh tests in just one month.Kodagu, which virtually escaped unscathed during the first wave of the pandemic, is now facing a monumental problem as one in every four people tested in the district is returning positive. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates from Karnataka.
Mangala Angadi; Mala Narayanarao (R)
HUBBALLI: North Karnataka on Sunday saw the defeat of Mala Narayanarao, wife of late Congress MLA B Narayanarao, and narrow victory of Mangala Angadi, wife of late BJP Union minister Suresh Angadi. Mangala made the final cut with a margin of 5,240 votes.
While both parties fielded spouses of their late leaders to garner votes, the sympathy card appears to have lost its sheen as it didn’t necessarily translate into many votes.
The strategy failed in the 2020 byelections too, when in Sira, JD(S) fielded the better half of late MLA B Satyanarayana, but was relegated to third place when results were declared.