Dakshina Kannada registers 16th case

TNN | Apr 22, 2020, 04:30 IST

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada district on Tuesday recorded yet another Covid-19 case, its 16th, two days after the district saw a woman patient, who was designated P-390, succumb to the disease.
Designated patient-409, the victim is a 67-year-old woman, and an immediate neighbour of the deceased woman, said deputy commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh. The DC, in an official communique, stated that P-409 is a resident of Kasba village in Bantwal taluk. She was admitted to Wenlock Hospital, the designated Covid-19 Hospital in Mangaluru, and her throat swab was sent for testing on the same day. The test report confirmed her to be afflicted with Covid-19, the DC said. The district administration has already completely sealed Kasba village, following the death of P-390 on Sunday, and declared it a containment zone.