Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru/Udupi

Mangaluru/Udupi, Jul 14: Dakshina Kannada on Tuesday July 14 recorded 91 cases and three deaths. Meanwhile, Udupi reported 72 new cases.

As per the district health bulletin, a total of 25,129 samples have been sent for tests so far. As many as 22,677 have turned out negative, and 2,452 are positive till date. Out of these, 1,414 cases are currently active. As many as 985 persons have recovered and been discharged, and 53 deaths have occurred so far.

As many as 47 patients were discharged on Tuesday from Wenlock as well as private hospitals.

Of the 91 who tested positive on Tuesday, 20 are primary contacts, 29 have ILI symptoms, five have SARI symptoms, one has international travel history, one pre-surgery sample, and contacts of 35 are being traced.

The patients whose deaths were reported on Tuesday are a 65-year-old female from Sakleshpur who also had diabetes and asthma and was on ventilator, a 55-year-old male from Kundapur who had SARI, and a 70-year-old male from Mangaluru who was in ventilator.

Udupi

As per the health bulletin released by the Udupi district administration, a total of 4,875 people have completed 28 days of quarantine, and a total of 4,875 have completed 14 days of quarantine. As many as 1,559 persons are currently in home quarantine.

A total of 162 people are in isolation wards, including 29 fresh admissions on Tuesday. Among the new admissions, two are coronavirus suspects, 10 have SARI and 17 influenza-like illness.

As many as 1,175 people, including 15 on Tuesday, have been discharged from isolation wards so far.

A total of 22,648 samples have been collected so far, including 115 on Tuesday, out of which 23 are COVID suspects and 56 are COVID contacts. Out of them, 19,835 samples have turned out to be negative, including 712 on Tuesday, and 1,080 reports are awaited.

As many as 1,733 confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported so far in the district, including 72 on Tuesday. As many as 1,360 patients have been discharged so far including 80 on Tuesday, and 370 cases are currently active. Four deaths have occurred so far. One positive case has been transferred to Dakshina Kannada.

The 72 cases reported today include 51 men, 19 women and two children. As many as 16 belong to Udupi taluk, 41 are from Kundapur and 15 from Karkala. Out of the 72, seven had travelled from Bengaluru, two from Mangaluru, one has SARI symptoms, 14 have ILI symptoms and 48 are primary contacts of earlier patients.