Prevalence of asymptomatic cases worries Hassan district administration

Hassan: The district administration is concerned over increasing asymptomatic Covid cases. Of the 12,200 cases reported in Hassan district, nearly 70% are asymptomatic. Deputy commissioner R Girish has called every person suffering with comorbidities to voluntarily get tested for Covid even though they don't have any symptoms.
Girish said there are 26 Covid hotspots in the district. Of them, Hassan taluk has 11 Covid hotspots and they are Kleanpack factory, Ambedkar Nagar, Sharif Colony, Vijaynagar, Vidyanagar, Kuvempunagar, Channapatna, Kattaya hobli, Mosalehosahalli, Udaygiri, and B Katihalli. Holenarsipur taluk has five hotspots, Arkalgud has four, Alur has two while Arsikere, Belur, Channarayapatna, and Sakleshpur taluks have one hotspot each.
Hassan ZP CEO Paramesh has ordered all executive officers of taluk panchayats to direct every panchayat development officer to make necessary arrangements to extend help for a team of doctors while conducting Covid tests at gram panchayat level to achieve the target of 5,000 RAT/RAPCR tests daily.
The district administration has also noticed that most of the covid patients with mild symptoms who get admitted in the last minute succumb as treatment would be ineffective. It is also warning the public that Covid protocol violators would be strictly fined as per law.
While 220 new Covid-19 cases were reported on Monday in the district, taking the total to 12220. While there are 2,909 active cases including 53 in ICU, two new fatalities were reported, taking the toll to 249.