Karnataka: Coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi record 59 fewer cases on August 27

MANGALURU/UDUPI: Trend of see-sawing Covid-19 numbers continued in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada with the districts recording 59 fewer cases on Thursday against 565 reported the day before. DK tallied 297 out of 506 new cases and Udupi the remaining 209 cases. Coastal districts also reported eight Covid19 related deaths including seven from DK. Five of these were from Mangaluru taluk, one from Udupi and one was from outside these districts’.
There was a minor increase in the number of active cases in the last 24-hours in DK at 2372 despite the discharge of 257 patients on the day. Total positive case in DK is now 11389 and overall Covid-19 deaths 337. Health authorities as on date have discharged 8680 patients. The district has tested 89937 samples for a total positivity rate of 12.6%. Discharge rate to total positive cases was also a high 76.2%, deputy commissioner Dr KV Rajendra said.
In DK, health authorities had to figure out the source of infection in 123 out of 297 cases, 99 were diagnosed with influenza like illness (ILI), 61 were primary contacts and 14 were diagnosed with severe acute respiratory infection (SARI). Fifty-eight per cent of new cases (174) were asymptomatic. Mangaluru taluk accounted for 160 of the new cases, Sullia 42, Bantwal 26, Belthangady 21, Puttur 14 and 24 were patients from outside DK.
Primary contacts (78) drove Udupi's Covid19 numbers. Sixty-two of them were diagnosed with ILI, source of infection in 60 is being traced, 3 had SARI and six cases were reported among domestic travellers. Sixty-two per cent of the cases (130) were asymptomatic. Udupi taluk contributed to the bulk of the cases at 106. Discharge of 214 patients meant that the active cases is now 2623 against total reported cases of 10913 and 93 deaths overall.