Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru/Udupi

Mangaluru/Udupi, Nov 24: Dakshina Kannada on Wednesday, November 24, reported 14 new coronavirus cases while Udupi registered 8 cases.

As per the Dakshina Kannada district health bulletin, a total of 22,17,838 samples have been tested so far, out of which 21,02,051 have turned out to be negative.

The total number of positive cases in the district has risen to 1,15,787 out of which 115 are currently active.

As many as 10 patients were discharged from hospitals on Wednesday. The death toll in the district so far stands at 1,693.

The district administration has urged people to strictly continue maintaining social distance in public places and wear masks when stepping out of the house. Anyone not wearing a mask would be fined by the authority.

So far, the district administration has collected Rs 1,07,78,070 as fine in 88,852 incidents of mask violation.

Udupi

As per the district health bulletin, as many as 12,59,270 samples have been tested so far.

A total of 8 new cases were reported on Wednesday, taking the total number of cases to 76,840 out of which 51 are currently active.

A total of 6 patients were discharged from hospitals on Wednesday. Coronavirus has claimed 476 lives in the district so far.

So far 9,21,538 people have received the first dose of vaccination, while 5,59,808 have received the second dose.

A total of 53 cases of mucormycosis (black fungus) have been reported in the district so far.