3 Covid fatalities in Hassan

Hassan: The district saw three people die due to Covid-19 on Sunday, taking the total number of fatalities to 20. A total 32 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Hassan on Sunday, taking the total number of cases to 687, including 212 active cases, of whom 11 are in the ICU.
Of the three fatalities, two are men are from Hassan and another is a woman from Alur. The woman was admitted to the Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences (HIMS) in the end of June, because of heart disease, in the non-Covid ward. After the doctors who treated Covid patients tested positive at HIMS last week, the swabs of all the healthcare workers and patients were taken for testing. The deceased woman’s swab samples were also collected. She tested positive on July 10. The following morning, she was shifted to the ICU. She suffered from acute respiratory distress syndrome. After 21 hours, she succumbed to septic shock around 9pm on Sunday, said DHO Sathish.
The two men who died due to Covid-19 are a 57-year-old and 60-year-old. The former was a KSRTC officer who got admitted to the Covid hospital on July 5 with severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) and he was also suffering from diabetes and hypertension. After five days, he was put on ventilator. He died at 1.50 am on Sunday, due to cardiac arrest. The 60-year-old man was suffering from SARI, diabetes, and hypertension. His results came out after he died, and he tested positive.