397 new COVID-19 cases in Karnataka; 166 in Bengaluru
The Hindu
Karnataka reported 397 new COVID-19 cases and 13 deaths, according to the Department of Health and Family Welfare’s Monday bulletin. Many districts had no new cases. Bengaluru Urban had 166 fresh case
Karnataka reported 397 new COVID-19 cases and 13 deaths, according to the Department of Health and Family Welfare’s Monday bulletin. Many districts had no new cases.
Bengaluru Urban had 166 fresh cases and five deaths, the highest in the State.
There are 11,992 active cases in the State, while the positivity rate is 0.5%, and the case fatality rate is 3.27%. There have been 693 discharges.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.