Bengaluru Mar 26 PTI Karnataka on Saturday registered 79 fresh coronavirus cases and one fatality and took the tally to 3945247 and 40049 respectively so far Ninetyfour patients got discharged today and the total recoveries was 3903380 till date according to a bulletin Of the new cases 58 were from Bengaluru Urban which recorded 83 recoveries and one death said the bulletin The number of active cases in the State was 1776 The positivity rate for the day was 026 per cent the case fatality rate 126 per cent After Bengaluru Urban Ramanagara reported the most cases with seven followed by Chitradurga 5 Tumakuru 3 Mysuru and Udupi 2 Then came the rest Bengaluru Urban district now has 1781421 cases Mysuru 229452 and Tumakuru 159838 Cumulatively 65462161 crore samples have been tested so far with 29372 examined today PTI KSU NVG NVG

Bengaluru Feb 24 PTI Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra on Thursday said the situation is peaceful and under control in Shivamogga that witnessed violence including stone-pelting and arson following the murder of a 28-year-old Bajrang Dal activist earlier this week He said police are interrogating eight arrested and others in connection with the murder and all angles including the involvement of communal organisations are being looked into Situation in Shivamogga is under controlIm going there to take stock of the situation personally with officials there things are peaceful I compliment the people of Shivamogga Jnanendra said Addressing reporters here he termed the murder and subsequent violence as unfortunate and said efforts were on to secure justice for the deceased persons family and to punish the guilty There is no need for people to worry the government is with you and will provide protection Eight people have been arrested in the murder case interrogations are of other are on All angles are being looked into including information about involvement of communal organisations he added Harsha a resident of Seegehatti in Shivamogga was stabbed with lethal weapons by a group of people on Sunday night following which he was taken to McGann Hospital where he succumbed to injuries To a question on inciting statements and messages on social media after Shivamogga incident the Home Minister said We are monitoring the social media action will be taken against those posting such messages PTI KSU ROH ROH