Amid sudden surge in cases, a 63-year-old man with co-morbidities and who tested positive for Covid-19 died at a private hospital in Bengluru, taking the coronavirus-related death toll in Karnataka to four, officials said on Saturday.
He was admitted to a private hospital in Bengaluru Urban (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike limits) on May 21 after he complained of weakness and died on May 29, they said.
According to the health department statement, the elderly patient who was fully vaccinated was on post operative chemotherapy and had co-morbidities like pulmonary TB with squamous cell carcinoma of buccal mucosa.
The patient died due to saggital sinus, internal jugular vein thrombosis with cancer cachexia with incidental Covid positive status, it added.
Meanwhile, the health department bulletin pegged active Covid-19 cases at 238 in Karnataka as of May 31, with 58 new cases reported on Saturday.
The day also saw a total of 420 tests being done for Covid, including 354 RTPCR and 66 RAT tests. Saturday's positivity rate stood at 13.8 per cent and fatality rate at 1.7 per cent, it added.
India sees surge in COVID-19 cases:
The number of active COVID-19 cases in India has crossed 3,000, with Kerala accounting for the highest at 1,336, followed by Maharashtra and Delhi, Union health ministry data released on Saturday showed.
According to the data, four deaths -- one each in Delhi, Kerala, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh -- have been reported in the country in the last 24 hours.
Official sources said the COVID-19 situation in India is being closely monitored.
The severity of infections is low, with most of the patients under home care. There is no reason to worry, the sources said.
There were 257 active cases in the country on May 22. The figure rose to 1,010 by May 26 and reached 3,395 on Saturday. In the last 24 hours, 685 new cases have been reported and four people have died, according to the data.
Kerala has 1,336 active cases, Maharashtra 467, Delhi 375, Gujarat 265, Karnataka 234, West Bengal 205, Tamil Nadu 185 and Uttar Pradesh 117.
Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research, Dr Rajiv Behl, on Monday said that genome sequencing of samples in the west and south has shown that the variants fuelling the current rise in cases are not severe and are subvariants of Omicron.
Four subvariants of Omicron -- LF.7, XFG, JN.1 and NB.1.8.1 -- have been found. The first three have been found in more number of cases, he said.
He was admitted to a private hospital in Bengaluru Urban (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike limits) on May 21 after he complained of weakness and died on May 29, they said.
According to the health department statement, the elderly patient who was fully vaccinated was on post operative chemotherapy and had co-morbidities like pulmonary TB with squamous cell carcinoma of buccal mucosa.
The patient died due to saggital sinus, internal jugular vein thrombosis with cancer cachexia with incidental Covid positive status, it added.
Meanwhile, the health department bulletin pegged active Covid-19 cases at 238 in Karnataka as of May 31, with 58 new cases reported on Saturday.
The day also saw a total of 420 tests being done for Covid, including 354 RTPCR and 66 RAT tests. Saturday's positivity rate stood at 13.8 per cent and fatality rate at 1.7 per cent, it added.
India sees surge in COVID-19 cases:
The number of active COVID-19 cases in India has crossed 3,000, with Kerala accounting for the highest at 1,336, followed by Maharashtra and Delhi, Union health ministry data released on Saturday showed.
According to the data, four deaths -- one each in Delhi, Kerala, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh -- have been reported in the country in the last 24 hours.
Official sources said the COVID-19 situation in India is being closely monitored.
The severity of infections is low, with most of the patients under home care. There is no reason to worry, the sources said.
There were 257 active cases in the country on May 22. The figure rose to 1,010 by May 26 and reached 3,395 on Saturday. In the last 24 hours, 685 new cases have been reported and four people have died, according to the data.
Kerala has 1,336 active cases, Maharashtra 467, Delhi 375, Gujarat 265, Karnataka 234, West Bengal 205, Tamil Nadu 185 and Uttar Pradesh 117.
Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research, Dr Rajiv Behl, on Monday said that genome sequencing of samples in the west and south has shown that the variants fuelling the current rise in cases are not severe and are subvariants of Omicron.
Four subvariants of Omicron -- LF.7, XFG, JN.1 and NB.1.8.1 -- have been found. The first three have been found in more number of cases, he said.
