Coronavirus in Karnataka: With 54 new COVID-19 cases, state tally rises to 1146; death toll at 37
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Karnataka surged to 1146 after 54 new cases have been confirmed in Karnataka in the last 24 hours, out of which 497 have so far recovered and have been discharged. A 54-year-old man from Udupi became the 37th COVID-19 fatality in Karnataka. The man with cardiac issues was admitted to a private hospital in Udupi district and died due to cardiac arrest on May 14. His samples tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, State Health Department said on Sunday.
"Fifty-four new positive cases have been reported from last evening to this noon....Till date 1146 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed. This includes 37 deaths and 497 discharges," the state government said in its mid-day situation update.
Out of 54 new cases, twenty-two are from Mandya, ten from Kalaburagi, six from Hassan, four from Dharwad, three each from Yadgir and Kolar, two each from Dakshina Kannada and Shivamogga, and one each from Udupi and Vijayapura.
Among them, 40 are those with inter-state travel history from neighboring Maharashtra, mostly from Mumbai and eight are contacts of patients already tested positive.
Contact tracing was underway for three patients.
At least 10 out of these fifty four cases are children.
A report from Mangaluru said the man who died in Udupi had returned from Mumbai to his native Kundapur.
He was under institutional quarantine at Kundapur and admitted to the Kasturba Hospital in Manipal with chest pain on May 13 and underwent a surgery. He died on Thursday due to a massive heart attack.
Three staff members at the hospital who were in contact with the patient during treatment have been put under quarantine, hospital medical superintendent Dr Avinash Shetty said in a release.
Udupi deputy commissioner G Jagadeesha said five persons who travelled with him from Mumbai have been quarantined. A total of 57 people are identified as his primary contacts who were quarantined with him at Kundapur inside a hall.
As many as 38 others listed as his secondary contacts have also been quarantined.
With this, Udupi district has recorded the first COVID-19 death, officials said.
India coronavirus cases have crossed 90,000-mark taking positive patients toll to 90,927 including 2,872 deaths while 34,109 have recovered, according to health ministry's data released on Sunday. The country is registering over 3,000 average cases per day becoming a concern for the health authorities and the government.
(With PTI Inputs)
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