Karnataka: Fresh spurt sees DK, Udupi record 276 positive cases

MANGALURU/UDUPI: Covid-19 numbers shot through the roof in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts of Karnataka on Saturday with the districts combining for 276 positive cases. Of this, DK, with 186, recorded its single biggest 24-hour spike since the outbreak of the pandemic in the state on March 8, inching past the July 8 tally of 183, while Udupi accounted for the remaining 90 cases. The spurt also saw DK tally 2034 positive cases while Udupi’s tally is 1567.
Three fresh reports of Covid-19 deaths during the day only saw continuation of a trend since July 1 which has seen Dakshina Kannada record 26 out of 41 deaths as on date. The district has seen a 63% spike in cases as on date since July 1 with addition of 1285 new cases with double-digit spurts on six of these days and three-digit spike on the remaining 5 days. All three victims who died in the last 24-hours were patients with comorbidities.
Taking into consideration the surge in coronavirus cases, administration has opened 80 Covid care centres (CCC) across DK for asymptomatic patients and those with mild conditions not requiring hospitalisation. The CCCs have 2287 beds, DC Sindhu B Rupesh said adding the 270 beds at designated Covid19 hospital will be used for those with high risk comorbidities requiring intensive care intervention, DC said, adding the district has 1211 active cases.
Udupi on the other hand recorded 90 positive cases leaving it with 319 active cases as the authorities there as on date have discharged 1245 patients. Out of these, 66 are from Udupi, 20 from Kundapur and four from Karkala, district health and family welfare officer Dr Sudhir Chandra Sooda, said. Barring 15 cases who had history of inter-district travel from Mangaluru, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Raichur, the rest are primary contacts, Dr Sooda added.