Karnataka: Coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi see record single day spike of 508 Covid-19 cases

MANGALURU/UDUPI: A record 24-hour spike of 314 fresh Covid-19 positive cases in Udupi on Saturday coupled with 194 cases in Dakshina Kannada(DK) saw the two districts breach the 500-case mark for the first time at 508 cases. The two districts on July 30 had reported 446 new cases with Udupi on that day accounting for 248 cases. Saturday’s development on the pandemic front saw the total positive cases reported in DK go up to 7075 as against 5919 in Udupi.
The day also saw 11 Covid-19 related deaths reported in the districts with Udupi accounting for five fatalities and DK 6. This saw total fatalities to the pandemic in DK rise to 214 and that in Udupi to 60. On the truly positive side of pandemic management, health authorities in the districts discharged 272 patients to bring down active cases in Udupi to 2,717 and in Dakshina Kannada to 3,374. DK has thus far discharged 3,487 patients and Udupi 3,347.
Four of the five deaths reported in Udupi district - all patients with comorbidities - were reported from Udupi taluk with a 56-year-old male from Kundapur being the fifth victim, deputy commissioner G Jagadeesha, said. On the other hand, Mangaluru taluk in Dakshina Kannada district recorded all the six deaths and comorbidities were found in five of these victims, Dr K V Rajendra, Dakshina Kannada district DC said.
Mangaluru taluk accounted for 129 of the 194 cases, Belthangady and Puttur 16 each, Bantwal 15 and Sullia seven, 11 cases were patients from outside the district. Influenza like illness (ILI) accounted for 98 cases, source of infection in 69 is being traced, 15 are primary contacts and 12 are diagnosed with severe acute respiratory infection (SARI). In Udupi, 156 were primary contacts, 69 were ILI patients, 6 SARI and source of infection in 79 is being traced.