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CSK versus DC game might be at risk as 8 grounds staff test corona positive at Wankhede Stadium

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The surge in COVID-19 cases all over India might have a significant say in the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as the lucrative league returns home this year after being shifted to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last year as eight groundsmen have tested positive at the Mumbai’s iconic Wankhede Stadium, just one week before the first game at the venue.

According to a report in The Hindu, 19 members of the ground staff had undergone the RT-PCR test for the coronavirus. While three of them returned positive last Friday, March 26, and five more returned with a positive result in the tests conducted on April 1.

The state of Maharashtra is experiencing the highest rise in Covid-19 cases across the country as it reported around 47,827 cases and 202 deaths on Friday. Out of which, Mumbai registered its highest-ever single day spike of 8,832 new cases. It was the second day in a row that Mumbai recorded more than 8,500 cases.

The development has certainly put the IPL games in the city in jeopardy, with the first game set to kick-off in Mumbai on April 10 between the last year’s runners-up Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings. The Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai is set to host 10 matches of the league stage till April 25. With cases increasing at a rapid pace in the country and especially in Mumbai, the IPL is certainly has become vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic with the groundsmen – part of the bio-bubble – testing positive.

The 14th Edition of the league takes off in Chennai with the defending champions Mumbai Indians taking on the Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore on April 9.

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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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