Three more Covid-19 positive cases reported in Dakshina Kannada

MANGALURU: Dakshina Kannada district on Saturday reported three more positive cases. The trio have emerged primary contacts of P-578, a 69-year-old male from Kasba village in Bantwal taluk, who in turn was the primary contact of P-390, the first victim of Covid-19 in this coastal district. P-390 is among the three victims of Covid-19 in the district.
The P-390 patient was daughter-in-law of P-432 and the mother—in-law was treated at First Neuro Hospital at Padil. The hospital has been designated a supervised isolation centre. While P-390 died on April 19, P-432 died four-days later. District health authorities maintain that P-390 had visited the hospital on April 2 to inquire about her mother-in-law’s health and could have contracted the disease there.
The day’s positive cases are all members of one family and related to P-390 who lived in the same neighbourhood in Kasba village. Designated P-777, 778 and 779 in state bulletin issued at 12pm on May 9, P-777 is male aged 30-years, P-778, 60-year old female and P-779, 70-year old female. P-578 who tested positive on May 1 is undergoing treatment at district Wenlock Hospital, the designated Covid-19 hospital for Dakshina Kannada district.
Eight family members of P-578 were quarantined after the 69-year-old tested positive and three of them have turned out to be positive and the roots of these 3 and 14 others can be traced back to P-390 and her link to First Neuro Hospital. With this, the total active cases in DK has gone up to 15 and 25 people in the district have now been affected by Covid-19. Six people from outside the district were successfully treated for the disease and discharged.