Karnataka BJP MLA breaches lockdown amid Covid; celebrates birthday, serves Biryani

Despite strict guidelines to follow lockdown amid rising coronavirus cases across India, a Karanataka MLA was spotted on Friday celebrating his birthday, thus flouting rms of social distancing.  videos and pictures from event surfaced on social media in which Turuvekere MLA Masale Jayaram was seen cutting his birthday cake while many people gared outside his home for feast. 

As per reports, Turuvekere MLA Jayaram, celebrated his birthday and invited people of Idaguru vill, CS Pura hobli in Gubbi taluk on Friday. Sources also said that biryani was served to people who attended party. Soon, Police took action and h a hard time preventing people from coming out of ir homes for MLA's birthday feast.

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total number of coronavirus cases in state crossed 200 mark, with 10 new positive cases being confirmed in state, Health Department said on Friday. As on April 10, 207 COVID-19 positive cases were confirmed including six deaths and 34 discharges, Health department said in a bulletin.

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From across state, most number of infections have been reported in Bengaluru with 71 cases, followed by Mysuru 42, Dakshina Kanna 12. Those discharged includes 17 patients from Bengaluru, five from Dakshina Kanna, three from Davangere, two each from Uttara Kanna, Chikkaballapura and Kalaburagi, and one each from Mysuru, Dharw and Kodagu.
Among those de are two from Kalaburagi and one each from Bengaluru, Bagalkote, Gag and Tumakuru.

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Coronavirus cases in India

Meanwhile, as per health ministry, India has conducted 1,44,910 tests on 130,792 suspected COVID-19 patients in 146 government and 67 private laboratories, Agarwal said. country reported 678 new cases and 33 deaths on Thursday, bringing number of confirmed cases to 6,412, and number of deaths to 199. Over 500 patients have recovered and been discharged. number of cases has been doubling every 4.1 days, health ministry h said earlier.

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