Fresh spurt puts Dakshina Kannada at third place in Covid cases in Karnataka

MANGALURU/UDUPI: A fresh spurt of 167 positive cases catapulted Dakshina Kannada (DK) to third place in the total Covid-19 cases in Karnataka, with 1,709 cases, behind Bengaluru Urban (13,882) and Kalaburagi (1,901), on Thursday. Neighbouring Udupi, with 22 new cases on Thursday, saw its tally of positive cases go up to 1,442. Two more Covid-19 fatalities in DK took the death toll in this coastal district to 30, including five victims from outside the district.
“The spurt of 167 cases in DK was driven by 64 primary contacts testing positive, and 42 of them were diagnosed with influenza-like illness (ILI), and the source of how 38 others contracted the virus is being traced. A total 13 pre-surgery samples tested positive, six are cases of severe acute respiratory infection, three on account of international travel and a person due to inter-district travel from Bengaluru, said deputy commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh.
The two Covid-19 deaths that DK reported on Thursday include a 62-year-old man from Bhatkal, who was diagnosed with SARI, and admitted to a private hospital in the city for treatment. He died on Tuesday, and his reports showed that he was positive on Thursday. The second victim was a 49-year-old resident of Mangaluru with a liver ailment and pneumonia, who was admitted in the ICU of Wenlock Hospital, who died late on Wednesday.
In all, seven patients were discharged from both Wenlock Hospital and a private hospital in the district, taking the total of those discharged after treatment to 702. The incidence of new cases meant that the percentage of positive cases to total population of the district crept up to 0.08% , which was 0.07% on Wednesday, and took the number of active cases to 977. A total seven patients are admitted in the ICU in Wenlock Hospital, said Sindhu Rupesh.
“The 22 cases that Udupi reported included 12 cases where people with inter-district travel contracted the virus. The source of how six people got infected is being traced, one patient had an inter-state travel history and three are primary contacts,” said DC G Jagadeesha. Udupi presently has 223 active cases, and has discharged 1,217 patients after treatment. The district has also recorded three Covid-19 deaths, the DC said.