This story is from January 11, 2022

Minister: Patients will be shifted to CCCs if cases spike

Energy minister V Sunil Kumar has said that patients will be shifted to Covid care centres if Udupi district continues to witness a spike in Covid-19 cases. At a meeting in Udupi, the minister said the district administration will continue to conduct around 8,000 tests every day.
Minister: Patients will be shifted to CCCs if cases spike
Mangaluru/ Udupi: Energy minister V Sunil Kumar has said that patients will be shifted to Covid care centres if Udupi district continues to witness a spike in Covid-19 cases. At a meeting in Udupi, the minister said the district administration will continue to conduct around 8,000 tests every day. “Covid care centres have been reopened in all taluks.
At present, the district has only 61 patients undergoing treatment in hospitals and all others are in home isolation. The houses and other accommodations of those who have tested positive will be sealed,” the minister said.
Out of 53,555 children between 15 and 18 years in the district, 31,931 have already been vaccinated, the minister said.
On the Paryaya festival, he said all the cultural events on January 17 night will be allowed till 9 pm.
395 fresh Covid-19 cases in DK, Udupi
Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts on Monday reported 395 fresh Covid-19 cases.
Dakshina Kannada reported 176 fresh cases with a test positivity rate of 2%. The district has 1,383 active cases. The district identified three more Covid-19 clusters at Kulai, Kuloor and in Mangaluru.
A cluster has been identified at a nursing college in Mangaluru with five positive cases with a travel history of visiting Goa.
Meanwhile, 15 cases were reported in two clusters in Kulai and Kavoor. All the 15 had visited West Bengal.
Udupi reported 219 fresh cases with a test positivity rate of 4.4%.
Many other districts across the state have registered a similar spurt in the number of cases, and in the positivity rate. Cases have increased by many times in districts such as Mysuru.
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