Teenager among 12 infected in Chamarajanagar

Chamarajanagar: A total 12 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Chamarajanagar on Thursday, including four members of a family and a pregnant woman. With this, the total cases has touched 132 here. The district has 101 active cases.
The family that tested positive, include a 14-year-old. They are residents of Manjunathnagar in Kollegal. The pregnant woman hails from Rahmath Nagar. Now four pregnant women are infected in the district.
A total four patients are undergoing treatment at the ICU in the Covid hospital. Containment zones have now increased to 73. The district authorities are awaiting reports of 1,032 samples taken from suspected cases.
Meanwhile, a hundred members of women self groups and Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS), held a protest on Thursday, after blocking the road connecting to Male Mahadeshwara Hills at Talebetta checkpost in Hanur taluk, demanding that the district administration restrict the movement of vehicles and people heading towards the temple atop the hills, as a precautionary measure, to contain the spread of the virus.
The protesters alleged that thousands of devotees thronged the temple from various parts of the state, neighbouring Tamil Nadu and other states. The protesters have also demanded to upgrade the MM Hills Government Hospital in the wake of increasing Covid-19 cases. A Bengaluru-based astrologer faced the ire of the protesters, after they blocked his vehicle for more than an hour, thus preventing his visit to the temple atop MM Hills.