Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru/Udupi

Mangaluru/Udupi, Apr 9: No new positive coronavirus cases were reported in Dakshina Kannada (DK) and Udupi districts on Thursday, April 9. No positive cases have been detected from April 5.

In Dakshina Kannada, a total of 38,813 people have been screened so far, and 3,352 have been placed under home quarantine.

No patient has been quarantined in Wenlock hospital, while 12 have been quarantined in ESI hospital.

As many as 2,594 people have completed 28 days of home quarantine, and have not reported any symptoms. Altogether, 381 samples have been sent for testing, out of which reports of 356 have been received.

Out of 356 reports received, 344 have tested negative, while 12 have tested positive in Dakshina Kannada. Eight of them are active. On Thursday, 24 samples were sent. All were tested at Wenlock's new laboratory. The reports of eight samples received on Thursday have all turned out negative. Result of 25 samples is awaited.

Currently, two people are under observation in Dakshina Kannada. Four have cured and have been discharged.

In Udupi district too, no new case was reported on Thursday. As many as 14 people were screened today. Ninety-two people competed 28-day quarantine and four of them completed 14-day quarantine on Thursday.

Eleven patients were quarantined in hospitals. Thirty have been placed in isolation wards in hospital.

Four were discharged from isolation ward on Thursday, and altogether 155 have been discharged so far.

Reports of 11 samples received on Thursday have tested negative. The number of coronavirus-positive patient remains at three.

Kasargod

As many as 12 people were tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday in Kerala. Four from Kasargod and Kannur, two from Mallapuram, and one each from Kollam and Thiruvanantapuram. The count has now reached 160 in Kasargod now.