Covid-19 cases dip marginally in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi

MANGALURU/UDUPI: Coastal districts saw fresh Covid-19 cases on Saturday dip by 182, 24-hours after Dakshina Kannada and Udupi registered a record combined single day hike of 626 cases. Out of the 444 new cases reported in the two districts, Dakshina Kannada’s tally was 272 and that of Udupi 172 cases. Seven new Covid-19 related fatalities in DK meant that the death toll in the district touched 350 while it was static at 95 in Udupi.
DK DC Dr K V Rajendra said source of infection in 110 or 40.4% of the total reported cases in the district was being investigated, 101 had influenza like illness (ILI), 43 were primary contacts, 15 were diagnosed with severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) and three were reported in international travellers. A little more than 53% of the cases were reported as asymptomatic and included 85 men and 60 women patients, Dr Rajendra said.
On the testing front, DK as on August 29 has tested 93505 samples out of which 12109 samples were found positive. The district that discharged 236 patients on the day, including 137 from home isolation, presently has 2550 active cases against 9209 discharged thus far. Four of the seven deaths were reported from Puttur taluk, two from patients outside DK and one from Mangaluru, which incidentally reported 163 out of 272 cases.
Primary contacts (90) accounted for 52.3% of new cases reported in Udupi, 45 were diagnosed as suffering from ILI, source of infection in 24 is being investigated, two cases were reported in international travellers and one had SARI. Asymptomatic cases (108) were more than the symptomatic ones (64). Udupi taluk accounted for 107 fresh cases, Kundapur 19, Karkala 37 and nine were reported from outside Udupi, DC G Jagadeesha said.
Discharge of 219 patients on the day that took the total number of those discharged to 8603 meant that the active cases in Udupi are now 2561. Udupi that tested 70091 samples as on date saw 58632 of them being declared negative and 11259 positive, is left with reports of 200 samples. The health authorities in the meanwhile continued their crackdown on people not wearing masks in public and levied fines, Jagadeesha added.