Karnataka reports 388 new COVID-19 cases, five deaths
The Hindu
Karnataka on Sunday reported 388 new COVID-19 cases. With this, the total number of cases rose to 29,85,986. Bengaluru Urban accounted for a majority of the new cases (194), while many districts repo
Karnataka on Sunday reported 388 new COVID-19 cases. With this, the total number of cases rose to 29,85,986.
Bengaluru Urban accounted for a majority of the new cases (194), while many districts reported just one or no incidence of COVID-19. With five deaths, the toll rose to 38,007. Four of the patients who succumbed to the infection were from Bengaluru Urban, while one hailed from Tumakuru.
As many as 586 people were discharged on Sunday, taking the total recoveries to 29,39,239. The State has 8,711 active cases.
Several principals of government and private schools in Delhi on Tuesday said the Directorate of Education (DoE) circular from a day earlier, directing schools to conduct classes in ‘hybrid’ mode, had caused confusion regarding day-to-day operations as they did not know how many students would return to school from Wednesday and how would teachers instruct in two modes — online and in person — at once. The DoE circular on Monday had also stated that the option to “exercise online mode of education, wherever available, shall vest with the students and their guardians”. Several schoolteachers also expressed confusion regarding the DoE order. A government schoolteacher said he was unsure of how to cope with the resumption of physical classes, given that the order directing government offices to ensure that 50% of the employees work from home is still in place. On Monday, the Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) had, on the orders of the Supreme Court, directed schools in Delhi-NCR to shift classes to the hybrid mode, following which the DoE had issued the circular. The court had urged the Centre’s pollution watchdog to consider restarting physical classes due to many students missing out on the mid-day meals and lacking the necessary means to attend classes online. The CAQM had, on November 20, asked schools in Delhi-NCR to shift to the online mode of teaching.