Mangaluru/Udupi: Dakshina Kannada district recorded a Covid-19 related fatality, for the second day in succession, with a 57-year-old woman from Ullal, who was under treatment, succumbing to the disease on Wednesday. This comes a day after a 70-year-old fell victim to the pandemic. With this, the total fatalities due to Covid-19 in the district has risen to 10. Deputy commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh confirmed the development, and said details will be shared on Thursday.
The dozen Covid-19 cases that DK reported during the day also included a police sub-inspector attached to Ullal police station. Steps have been initiated as per laid down protocol to sanitise the police station and all primary contacts of the officer at the station have been directed to quarantine themselves, said P S Harsha, city police commissioner, surmising that the PSI could have picked up the infection while on duty at the check-post at Talapady.
The two coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada (DK) and Udupi recorded 26 positive cases, with Udupi accounting for 14 of those cases, and taking its overall positive cases to 1,102. Three of these cases have been described as primary contact sof P-3851, 10 are returnees from Maharashtra and the source of how P-9768 contacted the disease is being traced, said Udupi DC G Jagadeesha. Udupi presently has 113 active cases and 987 patients have been discharged.
The dozen Covid-19 cases that DK reported during the day also included a police sub-inspector attached to Ullal police station. Steps have been initiated as per laid down protocol to sanitise the police station and all primary contacts of the officer at the station have been directed to quarantine themselves, said a senior police officer of the Mangaluru City Police, surmising that the PSI could have picked up the infection while on duty at the check-post at Talapady.
Seven cases were reported in DK, including six from Mangaluru and one from Puttur, have been categorised as influenza-like illness (ILI), one a case of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) in a patient from Mangaluru, and four are Sharjah returnees. With this, the total positive cases in the district has gone up to 455, and active cases is now at 155. Health authorities discharged 45 patients during the day, including a patient under treatment in the ICU.
The dozen Covid-19 cases that DK reported during the day also included a police sub-inspector attached to Ullal police station. Steps have been initiated as per laid down protocol to sanitise the police station and all primary contacts of the officer at the station have been directed to quarantine themselves, said P S Harsha, city police commissioner, surmising that the PSI could have picked up the infection while on duty at the check-post at Talapady.
The two coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada (DK) and Udupi recorded 26 positive cases, with Udupi accounting for 14 of those cases, and taking its overall positive cases to 1,102. Three of these cases have been described as primary contact sof P-3851, 10 are returnees from Maharashtra and the source of how P-9768 contacted the disease is being traced, said Udupi DC G Jagadeesha. Udupi presently has 113 active cases and 987 patients have been discharged.
The dozen Covid-19 cases that DK reported during the day also included a police sub-inspector attached to Ullal police station. Steps have been initiated as per laid down protocol to sanitise the police station and all primary contacts of the officer at the station have been directed to quarantine themselves, said a senior police officer of the Mangaluru City Police, surmising that the PSI could have picked up the infection while on duty at the check-post at Talapady.
Seven cases were reported in DK, including six from Mangaluru and one from Puttur, have been categorised as influenza-like illness (ILI), one a case of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) in a patient from Mangaluru, and four are Sharjah returnees. With this, the total positive cases in the district has gone up to 455, and active cases is now at 155. Health authorities discharged 45 patients during the day, including a patient under treatment in the ICU.
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