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118 fresh cases in Hassan
The Hindu
Hassan reported 118 fresh cases of COVID-19 and three more deaths due to the infection on Tuesday. With that, the number of cases reported in the district increased to 1,05,530 and the death toll rose
Hassan reported 118 fresh cases of COVID-19 and three more deaths due to the infection on Tuesday. With that, the number of cases reported in the district increased to 1,05,530 and the death toll rose to 1,251. As of Tuesday, 1,433 people are under treatment. Among them, 51 are in the intensive care unit. Of the fresh cases, five are from Alur taluk, 16 from Arkalgud, 12 from Arsikere, 16 from Belur, 19 from Channarayapatna, 38 from Hassan taluk, nine from Holenarsipur and three from Sakleshpur taluk. Shivamogga district reported 45 fresh cases of COVID-19 and one death on Tuesday. Of the fresh cases, 21 are from Shivamogga taluk, 13 from Bhadravati, six from Thirthahalli, three from Sagar, one from Hosanagar and one from out of the district.![](/newspic/picid-1269750-20250217064624.jpg)
When fed into Latin, pusilla comes out denoting “very small”. The Baillon’s crake can be missed in the field, when it is at a distance, as the magnification of the human eye is woefully short of what it takes to pick up this tiny creature. The other factor is the Baillon’s crake’s predisposition to present less of itself: it moves about furtively and slides into the reeds at the slightest suspicion of being noticed. But if you are keen on observing the Baillon’s crake or the ruddy breasted crake in the field, in Chennai, this would be the best time to put in efforts towards that end. These birds live amidst reeds, the bulrushes, which are likely to lose their density now as they would shrivel and go brown, leaving wide gaps, thereby reducing the cover for these tiddly birds to stay inscrutable.