Deccan Herald : May 30, 2020, 08:30 PM
Bangluru: The coronavirus related fatalities in Karnataka rose to 49 with the death of a 47-year-old woman while 141 new coronavirus cases were confirmed on Saturday taking the infection tally to 2,922, Karnataka minister S Suresh Kumar said. Among the fresh cases, 90 are inter-state passengers, he told reporters.The deceased woman from Bidar was admitted on May 24 and died on May 28 at a designated hospital in Bidar, Kumar, minister for primary and secondary education and spokesperson for COVID-19 in the state, said. The woman was diagnosed with influenza like illness with a history of parlysis and was bed-ridden besides having hypertension and convulsions, Kumar said.According to him, the total cases include 997 discharges, 1,874 active cases, 49 COVID-19 deaths and two non-COVID related deaths.Of the total active cases, 15 are in the ICU, he added.The new cases comprise 33 in Bengaluru, 18 in Yadagir, 14 in Dakshina Kannada, 13 each in Udupi and Hassan, 11 in Vijayapura, 10 in Bidar, six in Shivamogga, four each in Davangere and Haveri, three in Kolar, two each in Kalaburagi, Mysuru, Uttara Kannada, Dharwad, and one each in Belagavi, Chitradurga, Tumakuru and Bengaluru Rural, the health department said in its bulletin.The minister said the government has issued an order regarding relaxation of curfew on Sundays.According to the order issued by Chief Secretary T M Vijay Bhaskar, there will not be any curfew on Sundays throughout the day following request from people.As per the previous order, curfew was from 7 am to 7 pm on Sundays.