Udupi, DK districts account for 188 fresh Covid-19 cases

Mangaluru/ Udupi: While the double-digit fresh Covid-19 positive cases in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi brought some solace for the respective district administrations, five more deaths, including that of a 2-month-old infant in DK, gave authorities a cause for worry.
Though an expert committee said the infant’s was a case of disseminated intra vascular coagulation (DIC), the DK administration has reserved its opinion on the cause.
The two districts on Monday reported 188 fresh cases — Udupi 99 and DK 89. With the day’s mini-spike, the total number of positive cases in DK rose to 3,685 and active cases (after the discharge of 57 patients) to 2,055. The total number of those discharged so far is 1,548. On the other hand, Udupi’s total positive cases rose to 2,321. With the discharge of 22 patients (1,650 so far), the number of active cases stands at 661.
Udupi DC G Jagadeesha said 73 of the 99 cases were primary contacts, 23 were diagnosed as suffering from Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) and two with Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI). Out of the 661 active cases, 174 are undergoing treatment in home isolation, the DC said, adding that a majority of the 99 cases that included nine children were reported from Udupi taluk. While Udupi had 56 cases, Kundapur and Karkala accounted for 36 and 6 cases, respectively.
In Dakshina Kannada, 45 of the 89 patients were diagnosed as suffering from ILI, 16 with SARI, 11 are primary contacts, two had international travel history and the source of infection in 15 others is being traced. Four out of five who died on Saturday and Sunday had related co-morbidities such as diabetes, high blood pressure, multi-organ failure, DC Sindhu B Rupesh said. All these victims were men.
Report on infant’s death
Referring to the death of the infant from Bantwal taluk on July 17, the DC said the baby boy was admitted following high fever, vomiting and problems with breathing. The infant died a day later, and swab tests indicated it to be Covid-19 positive. A seven-member team of experts that studied the case, for it was deemed special and submitted a report on Monday. Experts found that the infant had vomiting issues from the 17th day of its birth.
The parents took the infant to a private hospital on July 16 when the above conditions accentuated, the DC said, adding the child did not respond to treatment. The experts have surmised that the death of the child was due to DIC resulting from multi-organ dysfunction with Covid-19 test being positive was an associated finding. The report has been submitted to the government for consideration by experts in Bengaluru, she noted.