Dakshina Kannada on Friday September 17 witnessed another sharp spike in the coronavirus tally with 456 new cases and 11 deaths being reported, while Udupi's tally neared the 15,000-mark.
Mangalore:- As per the Dakshina Kannada district health bulletin, a total of 19,322 positive cases have been reported till date, out of which 4,506 are currently active. A total of 1,33,787 samples have been tested so far, out of which 1,14,465 are negative.
As many as 14,344 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospital, including 340 on Friday. A total of 472 deaths have occured so far, including 11 on Friday. Among the 456 new cases, 131 are contacts, 236 have influenza-like illness (ILI), 14 have been diagnosed with severe acute respiratory illness (SARI), and 75 cases are under investigation. As many as 192 out of the 456 patients are asymptomatic.
Udupi:- As per the health bulletin released by udupi district administration, Since September 14, Udupi district recorded 845 new cases, taking the total number of positive cases to 14,883, out of which 1,703 are active.
A total of 139 deaths have occured so far, including nine in the last four days. All of them had comorbidities.
Out of the 845 cases reported in the last four days, 578 were in Udupi, 127 in Kundapur, 114 in Karkala and 26 from outside the district. Among them, 430 are contacts, 215 have ILI, 23 have been diagnosed with SARI, and 165 are under investigation. Nine patients have domestic travel history and three have travelled internationally. Out of the 845 cases, 466 are asymptomatic.