MYSURU: Nine patients were cured and discharged from hospital while seven others tested positive for Covid-19 in Mysuru on Saturday.
With this, the total number of active cases stands at 58 in the district, two down from Friday’s figure of 60.
Of the seven fresh positive cases, one is a 65-year-old villager having Severe Acute Respiratory Illness/Infection (SARI) while the other six are related to the employees of the pharmaceutical firm in Nanjangud.
Deputy commissioner Abhiram G Sankar said contact-tracing is underway and all the primary contacts of the 65-year-old will be quarantined. The villager from Mosambaiahanahalli in Mysuru taluk has been admitted to covid hospital after he showed symptoms of Covid. He had visited Jayadeva hospital for a test and later complained of chest pain and difficulty in breathing but was referred to government-run KR Hospital. Since authorities were taking all SARI cases seriously, throat swabs were collected for examination. The result has come positive and it has increased the fear among residents.
An official told TOI that the villager had met four-five staffers at Jayadeva Hospital on KRS Road before he came to KR Hospital. All these workers have to be identified and quarantined as a precaution. Even his primary contacts, mostly family members, friends and relatives with whom he has been in contact since a week, will be quarantined.
Villagers panic-stricken
After the villager from Mosambaiahanahalli was tested for covid, the residents are panic-stricken. An employee from the village told TOI that the village has nearly 1,200 people and they travel to various places for work. The hospitalised sexagenarian has been suffering from leg injury for the past two weeks after a boulder slipped on his leg during work. He had visited PHC in Varuna village and also KR hospital for treatment. Two days ago, he fell sick with respiratory infection. “Police and district authorities visited our village and have asked us to take precaution by staying indoors. Residents are really unnerved,” he said.
A landlord said many people in the village are agricultural labourers and travel to villages and urban areas for work and it is really a matter of concern.
Meanwhile, among the nine patients who were cured of the virus on Saturday, three were Tablighi Jamaat visitors and six were pharmaceutical firm employees and their contacts.
One positive case in Mandya
One more person tested postive for Covid-19 in Mandya on Saturday, taking the number of cases in the district to 12. The new patient attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi. His throat swab confirmed he has Covid-19. He has been shifted to the isolation ward in Mandya Institue of Medical Sciences.
With this, the total number of active cases stands at 58 in the district, two down from Friday’s figure of 60.
Of the seven fresh positive cases, one is a 65-year-old villager having Severe Acute Respiratory Illness/Infection (SARI) while the other six are related to the employees of the pharmaceutical firm in Nanjangud.
Deputy commissioner Abhiram G Sankar said contact-tracing is underway and all the primary contacts of the 65-year-old will be quarantined. The villager from Mosambaiahanahalli in Mysuru taluk has been admitted to covid hospital after he showed symptoms of Covid. He had visited Jayadeva hospital for a test and later complained of chest pain and difficulty in breathing but was referred to government-run KR Hospital. Since authorities were taking all SARI cases seriously, throat swabs were collected for examination. The result has come positive and it has increased the fear among residents.
An official told TOI that the villager had met four-five staffers at Jayadeva Hospital on KRS Road before he came to KR Hospital. All these workers have to be identified and quarantined as a precaution. Even his primary contacts, mostly family members, friends and relatives with whom he has been in contact since a week, will be quarantined.
Villagers panic-stricken
After the villager from Mosambaiahanahalli was tested for covid, the residents are panic-stricken. An employee from the village told TOI that the village has nearly 1,200 people and they travel to various places for work. The hospitalised sexagenarian has been suffering from leg injury for the past two weeks after a boulder slipped on his leg during work. He had visited PHC in Varuna village and also KR hospital for treatment. Two days ago, he fell sick with respiratory infection. “Police and district authorities visited our village and have asked us to take precaution by staying indoors. Residents are really unnerved,” he said.
A landlord said many people in the village are agricultural labourers and travel to villages and urban areas for work and it is really a matter of concern.
Meanwhile, among the nine patients who were cured of the virus on Saturday, three were Tablighi Jamaat visitors and six were pharmaceutical firm employees and their contacts.
One positive case in Mandya
One more person tested postive for Covid-19 in Mandya on Saturday, taking the number of cases in the district to 12. The new patient attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi. His throat swab confirmed he has Covid-19. He has been shifted to the isolation ward in Mandya Institue of Medical Sciences.
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