Covid-19: Coastal districts report 530 fresh cases, five fatalities

Mangaluru/Udupi: There are no signs of the Covid-19 graph sliding downwards in the coastal districts, and certainly not anytime soon. On Sunday, the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi cumulatively reported 530 fresh cases - Dakshina Kannada accounting for 404, and Udupi 126. The surge on Sunday pushed Dakshina Kannada’s overall tally to 17,363 while Udupi tipped over the 14,000 mark to settle at 14,038. The number of active cases are 3,934 and 1,732 in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi respectively.
In all, 191 cases of influenza like illness (ILI) contributed to 48% of total cases reported in Dakshina Kannada, while primary contacts (101) made up 25% of the cases. The district administration is yet to identify the source of infection among 81 new patients, 20 people with severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) were confirmed infected. Symptomatic patients at 241 accounted for around 60% of total cases. Mangaluru taluk added 212 new cases, Bantwal 60, Puttur 46, Sullia 27, Belthangady 39 and other districts 20.
On the other hand, the health department authorities discharged 174 patients including 108 from hospital and 66 from home care. The total number of those discharged in the district has now risen to 12897. The district recorded three Covid-19 fatalities - one from Bantwal and two patients from outside Dakshina Kannada, its death toll now 442. The number of samples tested as on date is 1.21 lakh out of which 1.03 lakh are negative, deputy commissioner KV Rajendra said.
Udupi registered two Covid-19 fatalities - two females aged 70 and 89 succumbed to the infection, the district’s overall death toll owing to Covid-19 is now 130. Source of infection in 58 of the new cases was not known, as many patients were primary contacts, 46 had ILI, five were reported in patients with domestic travel history, while one had SARI and the other patient had travelled from to a foreign country. Majority (93) of the cases were asymptomatic. Udupi taluk accounted for 95 (56%) of the cases.
In Udupi, 46 of the cases reported were categorised as ILI, source of infection in 33 cases is being probed, 30 are primary contacts, 11 had SARI and six cases were detected in domestic travellers. In all, 69 patients were symptomatic. Udupi taluk reported 53 cases, Kundapura 47, Karkala 20 and six are from outside Udupi. In all, 154 patients were discharged taking total number of those discharged to 12176. No deaths were reported in the district.