Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (AM)

Mangaluru, Apr 27: Dakshina Kannada district has been moved from Red zone to Orange zone in a district-wise COVID-19 map released by the department of Health and Family Welfare.

In a tweet on Monday, April 27, the department posted an updated map of the state showing the COVID-19 status of each of them.

Mangaluru has been updated to Orange zone (6-14 active cases). Udupi has been updated as a Green zone (no active cases) as all 3 COVID-19 positive patients in the district have recovered.

Bengaluru (Urban), Mysuru, Belagavi, Bagalkot, Vijayapura and Kalburgi districts are now into red zone.

The government had initiated tough measures in Dakshina Kannada to exercise control over the dreaded disease. House to house visits to educate people about coronavirus was intensified and a close watch was kept on people who had come in contact with quarantined people. The lockdown in the district was tightened further.

Further, the district administration has declared Kakkebettu in Shaktinagara, Sajipanadu and Thumbe in Bantwal, Janata colony in Karaya of Beltangady, Smart planet apartment in Thokkottu, Sampya Mane in Puttur, Uppinangady in Puttur and Ajjavara in Sullia and First Neuro Hospital in Padil as containment zones.

So far the coronavirus positive cases in Dakshina Kannada district have increased to 21. Out of this 12 people have got discharged, two have died and seven people are under treatment.