Covid tally in twin coastal districts of DK, Udupi crosses 20-thousand-mark

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Mangaluru/Udupi, Aug 22: The covid-19 tally in coastal Karnataka’s twin districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi today cross 20 thousand-mark. 

So far 20,153 people have been tested positive for the coronavirus in these two districts. While Dakshina Kannada’s tally reached 10,137, Uudpi’s tally reached 10,016.

In past 24 hours Dakshina Kannada reported 228 fresh cases and four deaths while Udupi recorded a sharp spike of 348 cases in a single day.

Dakshina Kannada

Out of the 10,137 positive cases reported till date, 2,319 are currently active. A total of 82,278 samples have been tested so far, out of which 72,141 are negative.

As many as 7,513 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospital, including 320 on Saturday. A total of 305 deaths have occured so far, including four on Saturday.

Among the 228 new cases, 102 have influenza-like illness (ILI), 13 have been diagnosed with severe acute respiratory illness (SARI), 17 are primary contacts, and 90 cases are under investigation. 

Two have domestic travel history, while four have travelled internationally. As many as 107 out of the 228 are asymptomatic.

Out of the 228 cases, as many as 150 are from Mangaluru, 23 from Bantwal, 7 from Beltangady, 15 from Puttur, 8 from Sullia and 25 are from outside DK district.

All the four patients who died on Saturday had comorbidities. While Mangaluru reported two deaths, Bantwal reported one, and another death was of a person from outside the district.

Udupi

Among 10,016 confirmed cases of covid-19 only 2,848 cases are currently active. As per the district bulletin, 82 deaths have occured so far.

As many as 7,092 people, including 235 today, have been discharged from isolation so far. These include 4,850 from hospital isolation wards, and 2,242 from home isolation.

A total of 63,925 samples have been collected so far, including 1,158 on Saturday, out of which 351 are COVID suspects and 531 are COVID contacts. Out of the total samples, 53,057 have turned out to be negative, including 975 on Saturday, and 852 reports are awaited.

Among the 348 new cases, 165 are in Udupi, 132 in Kundapur, 46 in Karkala, and five from outside the district. Among them, 178 acquired the virus through contacts, 42 have ILI, two have been diagnosed with SARI, and 124 are under investigation. Two of them have domestic travel history. Out of the 348 cases, 274 are asymptomatic.