Currently 209 patients with COVID-19 are in treatment in Intensive Care Units (ICU) in the state. (Photo Express)
3 UK return among 911 new COVID-19 infections in Karnataka
Karnataka reported 911 new coronavirus infections and 11 deaths on Sunday, bringing the total cases and deaths to 9,16,256 and 12,062 respectively. Three other returnees from the UK were among those who tested positive, bringing the total to 26, the state government said. The total number of infections included 8,91,095 accumulated discharges of them 1,214 on Sunday and 13,080 active cases, including 209 in the intensive care units of various hospitals, according to a bulletin from the health department. More than half of the day’s cases and deaths in the state were contributed by the Bengaluru urban district, which reported 542 infections and eight deaths.
Maharashtra: 16 UK returnees test positive for virus since testing began
Sixteen people who had recently returned from the UK and two relatives of those returnees have tested positive for coronavirus in Maharashtra so far, a health official said. “Their samples have been sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune to find out if they carry the new strain of the virus that was detected in the UK,” he said. The scrutiny of passengers arriving from the United Kingdom began after a new variant of the coronavirus was detected in that country. Flights from the UK were banned earlier this week.
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