Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru/Udupi
Mangaluru/Udupi, Apr 18: No coronavirus positive cases were reported in Dakshina Kannada (DK) and Udupi on Saturday, April 18. One patient was discharged in Udupi.
The lone patient who was discharged is a 29-year-old who came from Kerala on March 24. He was the third person to be tested positive in Udupi. He was discharged from TMA Pai Covid Hospital in the afternoon and was advised to undertake a 14-day home quarantine.
In a press release, the district administration informed that the person who tested positive on April 17, had arrived to Mangaluru on March 20 in Bharathi Travels bus bearing registration number KA 51 AD 5832 from Majestic, Bengaluru. So all the 32 passengers who travelled in the bus are requested to consult nearby primary health care centres and taluk primary health care centres.
Bantwal taluk’s Sajipanadu and Thumbe, Beltangady taluk’s Janatha Colony Karaya village, Mangaluru taluk Smart Planet, Thokkottu, Puttur taluk’s Sampya house and Uppinangady, and Sullia taluk’s Ajjavara village have been identified as containment zones, stated the press release.
As per statistics, in Dakshina Kannada, a total of 39,126 persons have been screened so far, out of whom 260 are currently under home quarantine.
No patient has been quarantined in Wenlock hospital, while 15 have been quarantined in ESI hospital on April 18. Five were admitted today at ESI Hospital.
As many as 5,813 persons have completed 28 days of home quarantine, with no symptoms reported.
Out of the 865 samples sent so far, 707 have tested negative, and a total of 13 tested positive, out of which one is currently active, and 12 have been discharged.
On Saturday, reports of seven samples were received, all of which were negative. Another 151 samples have been sent to the lab in Wenlock hospital on Saturday.
Report of 145 samples is awaited. Thirteen people are currently admitted for observation.
In Udupi, as on April 18, a total of 1,762 people have completed 28 days of quarantine, with 116 completing the period on April 18. Another 2,137 people have completed 14 days of quarantine, including 76 on April 18.
As many as 488 people are currently under home quarantine, and 36 are in quarantine in hospital. Four people were placed under hospital quarantine on Saturday.
Nine coronavirus related patients were discharged from hospital on Saturday. A total of 213 have been discharged from the wards till now.
A total of 868 samples have been collected, with 29 fresh ones on Saturday.
Out of the samples tested so far, 678 have tested negative. Reports of another 187 samples are awaited.
Udupi district has so far reported three coronavirus-positive cases, among whom two were discharged from hospital on April 11 and 14. One more was discharged today.
Kasargod
No cases were reported from Kasargod. Fifty-one coronavirus-positive patients are still active in Kasargod.