This story is from July 6, 2020

Covid-19 in Karnataka: Udupi, Dakshina Kannada combine for 74 fresh cases, two deaths

In a minor break from the seemingly rampant surge, fresh Covid-19 positive cases in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada (DK) settled for double digits with the districts combining for 74 new cases.
Covid-19 in Karnataka: Udupi, Dakshina Kannada combine for 74 fresh cases, two deaths
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MANGALURU/UDUPI: In a minor break from the seemingly rampant surge, fresh Covid-19 positive cases in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada (DK) settled for double digits with the districts combining for 74 new cases. Udupi accounted for 40 of these new cases taking the total number of positive cases there to 1,362 and the 34 cases in DK saw total positive cases inch forward to 1,276.
DK also recorded two fresh fatalities to the pandemic taking the total to 25.
The two who succumbed to coronavirus include a 52-year old resident of Mangaluru, who was admitted to ICU of district Wenlock Hospital on July 2 with co-morbid conditions that included high blood pressure, diabetes, pneumonia and heart ailment, DK district deputy commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh, said. The other Covid-19 victim was a 62-year-old male who died in a private hospital. He was admitted there for treatment on June 27, DC said.
District health authorities also discharged 30 patients from district Wenlock Hospital on the day that they also shifted six patients from the hospital ICU to the general ward after they responded to treatment. At present, 3 patients with co-morbid conditions are still undergoing treatment at the ICU, DC said, adding the district has seen the discharge of 584 patients thus far to leave the health authorities treat 667 active cases at the Wenlock Hospital.
Referring to the 34 fresh cases, DC said these include 17 primary contacts, nine cases of influenza like illness, one case each of severe acute respiratory infection, sample collected after surgery, pre-surgery sample (ruptured ectopic pregnancy, four pre-surgery samples before delivery and one a community random sample. The percentage of total positive cases against the district’s population of 20,86,649 as on date is 0.06, DC said.
Udupi deputy commissioner G Jagadeesha said the total positive cases in the district is 1,362 out of which 1,154 have been discharged and the active cases stand at 205. With results of 1640 swab samples awaited, DC said the administration has set up 14 empowered teams that will monitor various aspects of pandemic management in the district including monitoring arrival of patients at railway station, home quarantine and health of mother and child.
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