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Diarrhoea outbreak spreads in Kolkata, over 1,100 affected

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Kolkata, Feb 13 (IANS) With reports of more symptoms of diarrhoea from adjoining areas of affected wards of Kolkata Mucipal Corporation, over 1,100 people were so far affected due to the outbreak, official said on Tuesday.

As many as 10 wards of the corporation in the southern and eastern parts of the city have been affected.

“About 1,150 persons have been affected and 42 have been hospitalised so far,” state’s Director of Health Services Ajoy Chakraborty said.

According to him, the Health Department has approached the School of Tropical Medicine for testing of water samples from the affected areas.

“Without water related contamination such outbreak is unlikely to happen. This is due to a common source of infection,” said Chakraborty, adding that the problems were not aggravated because of the “efficiency of healthcare system” and no deaths have been reported despite the severity of the outbreak.

City Mayor Sovan Chatterjee had however claimed no contamination was found in the water samples collected from various places.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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