Ministers, Opposition spar over mismanagement amid Covid spike
Ugly scenes marked the Bengaluru legislators’ meet in Vidhana Soudha on Monday, with Opposition MLAs charging the government with mismanagement o f the Cov i d - 1 9 situation.
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Minister R Ashok , K Gopalaiah and Dr K Sudhakar arrive for the all-party meeting on Monday at the Vidhana Soudah on Monday | Express
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BENGALURU: Ugly scenes marked the Bengaluru legislators’ meet in Vidhana Soudha on Monday, with Opposition MLAs charging the government with mismanagement o f the Covid-19 situation. The MLAs said that every day, they get calls from families, with fervent pleas for beds. Shivajinagar MLA Rizwan Arshad claimed that despite being an MLA, he was unable to get a single bed, and asked how the common man was expected to get a bed.
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Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa Chairs All-Party Covid Meet From Hospital Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa Chairs All-Party Covid Meet From Hospital The chief minister joined elected representatives from Bengaluru to discuss measures to tackle the rapidly spiralling Covid situation in the city from his hospital room.
BS Yediyurappa, who has tested positive for the virus a second time, joined the meeting from hospital
Bengaluru:
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa chaired a virtual all-party Covid meet today as the state reported 15,785 fresh cases with 146 deaths in 24 hours.
The chief minister, who recently tested positive for the virus a second time, joined elected representatives from Bengaluru to discuss measures to tackle the rapidly spiralling Covid situation in the city from his hospital room.
Karnataka may touch 12.9 lakh cases by May 10
Karnataka may touch 12.9 lakh cases by May 10
BySridhar VivanSridhar Vivan / Updated: Apr 17, 2021, 06:00 IST
The overall
Covid cases in
Karnataka are likely to reach 12.9 lakh by May 10, according to a projection by Jeevan Raksha. Sanjeev Mysore, convenor of
Jeevan Raksha told
Bangalore Mirror that the deaths in the State may reach 13,600. As of Friday, the total Covid cases in Karnataka were 11.2 lakh while fatalities reached 13,190.
Mysore said that Covid cases would rise rapidly across the country. “Unfortunately, India is likely to witness around 12 per cent increase in Covid deaths between April 11 to May 10.”
Karnataka Chief Minister BS
Bengaluru is averaging seven cases per minute
Bengaluru is averaging seven cases per minute
BySridhar VivanSridhar Vivan / Updated: Apr 16, 2021, 06:00 IST
Picture for representational purpose only
And registering one death every hour. Remember this grim statistic the next time you don’t wear your mask or do so on your chin, just to escape the Marshal’s wrath
The numbers tell the story.
Karnataka becomes the third state in the country (after
Maharashtra and Kerala) to record 11 lakh Covid cases. Out of 10 people getting affected across the State every minute, seven are from
Bengaluru. As the Covid deaths have risen sharply, one patient dies every hour due to covid in the City while in Karnataka, one patient is dying every 30 minutes.