Karnataka: Coastal districts record 53 cases, Udupi records 3rd Covid-19 fatality

MANGALURU/UDUPI: A SSLC student, two inter-district bus crew, a cloth store merchant was among nine persons who tested positive in Udupi on Tuesday. On a day 53 fresh coronavirus cases were reported in erstwhile undivided Dakshina Kannada district, Udupi also logged its third fatality to the pandemic with a 48-year-old liver cirrhosis patient who had returned from Mumbai succumbing to the disease and swabs confirming him positive post-death.
Udupi deputy commissioner G Jagadeesha said the SSLC student from Kundapur, a primary contact, had appeared for three papers. She has been asked to appear for the remaining papers in the supplementary examinations scheduled in August. Drivers of a bus operating between Kundapur and Bengaluru tested positive in a worrisome development, he said. Merchant’s son who travelled to Bengaluru too will be tested for the novel coronavirus.
The 48-year-old male who had returned from Mumbai had undergone treatment cirrhosis in Mumbai and had not disclosed his medical condition to local revenue or health authorities, DC said, adding since the patient had come from a high-risk state, his swab was tested as a matter of routine and the report confirmed him to be positive.
The victim was laid to rest as per protocol. Udupi presently has 136 active cases and has discharged 1067 patients.
A steady rise in influenza-like illness – 9 for the day, 3 severe acute respiratory infection, two international travellers (Saudi Arabia), one inter-state traveller, 3 inter-district travellers and 21 primary contacts were among the 44 who tested positive in Dakshina Kannada, Sindhu B Rupesh, deputy commissioner, said. Means of how five others contracted the disease is being traced, she said, adding health authorities discharged 17 patients during the day.
The steady increase in Covid19 cases in DK has seen public offices go off limits for public including Mangaluru City Corporation, Lady Goschen Hospital and Mangaluru taluk panchayat office. District health and family welfare officer Ramachandra Bairy appealed to the people to seek medical help forthwith if they have persisting symptoms of the disease. Early diagnosis will result in early treatment and full recovery, Dr Bairy said.