Death toll in Dakshina Kannada crosses 50 mark

Mangaluru/Udupi: A slight dip in number of Covid-19 cases reported in Dakshina Kannada on Monday was the only bright glimmer on an otherwise bleak day in the coastal district. The number of fatalities owing to Covid-19 touched the 50 mark in the district, with the death of four people reported since Saturday being confirmed as having been victims of the novel coronavirus.
Of the 184 fresh cases reported in the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi, the former accounted for 131, its total Covid tally now rising to a staggering 2,361 while the latter had 53 and total number of positive cases rising to 1,621.
The pattern of Covid fatalities in Dakshina Kannada followed a pattern that has been observed in the past month, with many people with co-morbidities succumbing to the novel coronavirus. Among the four Covid victims in the district, two were septuagenarians, one a sexagenarian and one was a 53-year-old. Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh said that the pre-existing conditions among the patients included pneumonia, diabetes, hepatitis and carcinoma of the lung.
Of the 131 fresh cases reported in DK, 63 were those with a history of influenza-like-illnesses (ILI), 16 have been recognised as primary contacts of previously infected patients, ten had severe acute respiratory infection, while the source of the Covid-19 infection of 38 patients was yet to be traced. Total active cases in the district as on date is 1467 and those discharged both from designated Covid19 and private hospitals including 62 on the day stood at 844.
In Udupi, a 72-year-old man from Uppunda who succumbed to the novel coronavirus, had multiple ailments. His death took the total number of Covid fatalities in Udupi to five. Of the 53 fresh cases reported in the district, 12 were identified as having a history of ILI., while the remaining 41 patients are primary contacts of previously infected people, said Dr Sudhir Chandra Sooda, Udupi district health and family welfare officer. Udupi DC G Jagadeesha said that the total number of active cases in the district stood at 378, with 1,280 patients having been discharged thus far.