<p>As many as 24 cops tested positive for novel coronavirus in the state in a single day. Mysuru alone saw 14 Karnataka State Reserve Police cops contract the virus. All 14 were deployed for COVID duty in Bengaluru between June 6 and 17.</p>.<p>Six cops from various police stations in Bengaluru contracted virus on Saturday. Among the infected are: A woman ASI attached with CCB, another ASI from Wilson Garden Traffic police station, two KSRP constables and one constable each from CCB and City Market police stations.</p>.<p>Cubbon Park police station has been sealed after a head constable tested positive for the virus. The BBMP workers have initiated the process to disinfect and fumigate the respective police stations. Tarikere in Chikkamagaluru witnessed four cops contract COVID-19</p>.<p>The office of Deputy Superintendent of Police in Tarikere was sealed after three staffers tested positive for the virus. DySP Renukaprasad and three staff have been sent for a home quarantine. Tarikere Town police station ASI also tested positive for COVID-19.</p>.<p><strong>16 Vijayapura cops quarantined</strong></p>.<p>As many as 16 cops, including two sub-inspectors in Vijayapura district, have been quarantined, after two of the three persons arrested in connection with a robbery case, tested positive for COVID-19. Throat swab samples of 39 cops involved in the operation have been drawn and sent for testing, Vijayapura SP Anupam Agarwal told reporters.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, a 31-year-old man from the Tibetan settlement in Bylakuppe, Periyapatna taluk, has tested positive for the virus on Saturday.<br />He had returned from Delhi on June 16. His swab sample has returned positive for COVID-19 on Saturday.</p>.<p>Chamarajanagar district, which had maintained a clean slate with no infections till June 9, saw its second COVID-19 case. A 39-year-old man, a lorry driver from Mahadevaprasad Nagar in Gundlupet with a travel history to the virus hotspot Tamil Nadu, tested positive for virus on Friday. </p>.<p>Ramanagara district saw eight fresh infections on Saturday. The district’s COVID-19 tally jumped to 93. Meanwhile, the doctor couple from Kanakpur, who tested positive for the virus a few days back, have released a video on social media platform requesting those who visited their clinic since June 11 to undergo tests for COVID-19.</p>.<p>Virus hotspots in Kalyana Karnataka - Bidar, Kalaburagi and Raichur - continued to see a surge in infections in the last 24 hours (ending 5 pm on Saturday). Bidar district reported 73 fresh cases and two deaths while Kalaburagi saw 34 new cases since Friday afternoon. Raichur recorded 15 cases on Saturday.</p>
<p>As many as 24 cops tested positive for novel coronavirus in the state in a single day. Mysuru alone saw 14 Karnataka State Reserve Police cops contract the virus. All 14 were deployed for COVID duty in Bengaluru between June 6 and 17.</p>.<p>Six cops from various police stations in Bengaluru contracted virus on Saturday. Among the infected are: A woman ASI attached with CCB, another ASI from Wilson Garden Traffic police station, two KSRP constables and one constable each from CCB and City Market police stations.</p>.<p>Cubbon Park police station has been sealed after a head constable tested positive for the virus. The BBMP workers have initiated the process to disinfect and fumigate the respective police stations. Tarikere in Chikkamagaluru witnessed four cops contract COVID-19</p>.<p>The office of Deputy Superintendent of Police in Tarikere was sealed after three staffers tested positive for the virus. DySP Renukaprasad and three staff have been sent for a home quarantine. Tarikere Town police station ASI also tested positive for COVID-19.</p>.<p><strong>16 Vijayapura cops quarantined</strong></p>.<p>As many as 16 cops, including two sub-inspectors in Vijayapura district, have been quarantined, after two of the three persons arrested in connection with a robbery case, tested positive for COVID-19. Throat swab samples of 39 cops involved in the operation have been drawn and sent for testing, Vijayapura SP Anupam Agarwal told reporters.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, a 31-year-old man from the Tibetan settlement in Bylakuppe, Periyapatna taluk, has tested positive for the virus on Saturday.<br />He had returned from Delhi on June 16. His swab sample has returned positive for COVID-19 on Saturday.</p>.<p>Chamarajanagar district, which had maintained a clean slate with no infections till June 9, saw its second COVID-19 case. A 39-year-old man, a lorry driver from Mahadevaprasad Nagar in Gundlupet with a travel history to the virus hotspot Tamil Nadu, tested positive for virus on Friday. </p>.<p>Ramanagara district saw eight fresh infections on Saturday. The district’s COVID-19 tally jumped to 93. Meanwhile, the doctor couple from Kanakpur, who tested positive for the virus a few days back, have released a video on social media platform requesting those who visited their clinic since June 11 to undergo tests for COVID-19.</p>.<p>Virus hotspots in Kalyana Karnataka - Bidar, Kalaburagi and Raichur - continued to see a surge in infections in the last 24 hours (ending 5 pm on Saturday). Bidar district reported 73 fresh cases and two deaths while Kalaburagi saw 34 new cases since Friday afternoon. Raichur recorded 15 cases on Saturday.</p>
