Karnataka: Coastal districts touch new high with 276 Covid-19 cases

MANGALURU/UDUPI: Covid-19 numbers shot through the roof in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts on Saturday with the districts combining for 276 positive cases.
Of this, DK with 186 recorded its single biggest 24-hour spike, inching past the July 8 tally of 183, while Udupi accounted for remaining 90 cases. The spurt also saw DK tally 2,034 positive cases while Udupi’s tally is 1,567.
Three fresh reports of Covid deaths were reported on Saturday. The district has seen a 63% spike in cases as on date since July 1 with addition of 1,285 new cases with double-digit spurts on six of these days and three-digit spike on remaining 5 days. All three victims who died in the last 24 hours were patients with co-morbidities.
Taking into consideration the surge in cases, the administration has opened 80 Covid care centres (CCC) across DK for asymptomatic and patients with mild conditions not requiring hospitalisation. The CCCs have 2,287 beds, DC Sindhu B Rupesh said adding the 270 beds at designated Covid hospital will be used for those with high risk comorbidities requiring intensive care intervention, DC said, adding district has 1,211 active cases.
Udupi on the other hand recorded 90 positive cases. 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.