47-year-old woman tests +ve in Dakshina Kannada; district tally now 19

TNN | Apr 27, 2020, 04:25 IST

Mangaluru: After an initial spurt, Dakshina Kannada reported hardly any Covid-19 cases in the first weeks of April. However, this streak ended on April 19, and in what appears to have become a trend since, the district has been registering one Covid-19 case every third day.
On Sunday, the coastal district registered its 19th case of the infection – a 47-year-old woman, a resident of Narikombu village in Bantwal taluk. The woman contracted the infection from another patient, who subsequently succumbed to the disease – the second in Dakshina Kannada die of Covid-19.
Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh said that the woman had been admitted to the isolation ward at the District Wenlock Hospital in Mangaluru. As on Sunday, the number of active Covid-19 cases in Dakshina Kannada district stands at five, with 12 patients having recovered and discharged. The district has also registered two fatalities.
The 47-year-old patient had been working at a private hospital in Padil, on the outskirts of Mangaluru, where one of the infected patients had been admitted for treatment.
Dakshina Kannada district health officer Dr Ramachandra Bairy said that, they had collected 177 throat swabs in all from the hospital. “We have received the results of 157 samples, among which the helper has tested positive. We are waiting for the results of the other 20 samples, which are being tested in Bengaluru and other districts,” Dr Bairy said.