Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru/Udupi

Mangaluru/Udupi, Dec 4: Dakshina Kannada on Saturday, December 4, reported 22 new coronavirus cases and one death while Udupi registered 8 cases and one death.

As per the Dakshina Kannada district health bulletin, a total of 22,74,692 samples have been tested so far, out of which 21,58,746 have turned out to be negative.

The total number of positive cases in the district has risen to 1,15,946 out of which 149 are currently active.

As many as 13 patients were discharged from hospitals on Saturday. The death toll in the district so far stands at 1,695.

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 1,07,94,970 as fine in 89,021 incidents of mask violation.

Udupi

As per the district health bulletin, as many as 12,84,266 samples have been tested so far.

A total of 8 new cases were reported on Saturday, taking the total number of cases to 76,931 out of which 76 are currently active.

A total of 13 patients were discharged from hospitals on Saturday. Coronavirus has claimed 477 lives in the district so far including one on Saturday.

So far 9,41,501 people have received the first dose of vaccination, while 7,32,845 have received the second dose.

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