542 test +ve on coast

Mangaluru/Udupi: The recent trend in Dakshina Kannada (DK) and Udupi of reporting in excess of 500 Covid-19 cases continued on Sunday, with the two districts cumulatively recording 542 cases. The share of DK in this tally was 326 and Udupi 216. A Covid-19 death was reported in DK in Mangaluru taluk, taking the district’s tally to 401. Udupi’s Covid-19 related death tally remained at 112.
Fresh cases in DK saw its tally of total positive cases inch closer to the 15,000 mark to settle at 14,926. The discharge of 202 patients during the day resulted in the active cases crossing the 3,000 mark at 3,084, up from 2,961 on Saturday. As on date, 10,6431 samples have been tested in DK, out of which 91,505 have turned up negative. The health authorities have discharged 11,441 patients as on date, said deputy commissioner K V Rajendra.
Influenza-like illness (ILI) contributed to 51% (168) of the total cases reported in DK. The source of infection in 109 patients (33.4%) is being investigated, 34 (10.4%) were primary contacts of those who were infected and 15 patients (4.6%) had severe acute respiratory infection. Symptomatic patients (192) contributed to 58.8% of new cases, Dr Rajendra said, adding Mangaluru taluk accounted for 187 cases (57.3%) and patients from other districts the least, at 12.
In Udupi, 84 cases were categorised as people with ILI, 74 were primary contacts of infected people, source of infection in 40 people is being investigated, 11 had SARI and 7 were reported as domestic travellers. In all, 120 (55.5%) of the reported cases were symptomatic. Udupi taluk added 137 cases, Kundapura-43 and Karkala-31. The discharge of 270 patients brought down the active cases to 1852, which was 1,906 on Saturday, and total discharges went up to 10,763, said DC G Jagadeesha.