Kodagu records its third fatality

Madikeri: The Covid-19 death toll rose to 3 in Kodagu, after a patient died in the Covid hospital on Sunday. There are now 105 active cases in the district.
A total 18 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the district on Sunday, including 3 health workers. An 86-year-old woman, who hails from Virajpet taluk, with a history of hypertension, was admitted in the Covid hospital on July 6 and tested positive on July 7. She was on ventilator and passed away at 10.45 pm on Saturday. Her last rites were performed on Sunday, by following the SOP issued by the government, said Kodagu DC Annies Kanmani Joy.
Meanwhile, a 38-year-old district reserve police personnel tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Saturday evening.
The reserve police office area has been sealed for two days. The premises was sanitised on Saturday. The police quarters where the infected personnel was residing was sealed, and the new containment zone has 8 houses.
The total number of Covid-19 cases in the district is at 169, while there are 105 active cases, and 3 people have died of the disease, while there are 68 containment zones in the district.