Karnataka reports highest single day rise with 84 new coronavirus cases, tally at 1,231


Bengaluru, May 18 (IANS): Eighty-four new Covid-19 cases, majority of them with travel history to Mumbai, emerged in the past 19 hours in Karnataka, which is the highest single day rise, taking the state's tally to 1,231, according to an official, here on Monday.

In addition to 54 patients who visited Mumbai, two had travelled to Solapur and one to Raigad in Maharashtra. Total cases with Maharashtra contact were 57 out of 84. Of all the cases, 58 were men and 26 women.

Of the 1,231 cases, 672 are active, 521 got discharged and 37 died from Covid-19.

Nowadays, Karnataka is regularly posting the highest single-day rises, beating earlier maximums.

On Monday, cases spiked in Raichur, Bengaluru Urban, Gadag, Yadagiri, Uttara Kannada and Mandya. Until Sunday, Raichur was a green zone without a case.

Among the new cases, Bengaluru Urban contributed 18, Mandya (17), Uttara Kannada (8), Raichuru and Kalaburagi (6 each), Vijayapura, Yadagiri and Gadag (5 each), Hassan (4), Koppal (3), Belagavi (2) and Ballari, Bidar, Kodagu, Mysuru and Davangre (one each).

Except two patients from Benglauru Urban with travel history to Dabaspete in Nelamangla and Chennai in Tamil Nadu, all others were secondary contacts of 653th case .

All Mandya, Hassan, Kalaburagi, Vijayapura, Uttara Kannada, two Koppal cases, one Belagavi case and seven Raichuru cases had travel history to Mumbai. A 20-year-old man from Raichuru had travelled to Solapur.

Of the Gadag cases, two were contacts of 913th case, two emerged from the Gadag containment zone and one had a travel history to Chennai. A 25-year-old man from Koppal had inter-state travel history to Chennai.

A 23-year-old man from Belagavi was secondary contact of 575th case. The lone Ballari case, a 61-year-old man, is also suffering from Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI).

Only 24 of the 84 cases were contacts of earlier cases.

Meanwhile, green zones in Karnataka diminished to five: Kodagu, Bengaluru Rural, Ramanagara, Mysuru and Chamarajanagar. In the past 19 hours, Raichur and Koppal lost their green zone status with new cases.

Of the 1,231 cases, 11 per cent patients were senior citizens, 66 per cent men and 34 per cent women with a discharge rate of 42 per cent.

 

  

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  • harsha, Mangaluru

    Tue, May 19 2020

    We do not have an an accurate system of data collection . Even to date have not tested 2 mil people for 1.3 bil population of the country. Crores of migrant workers all stranded & resulted in panic mode of the country. These people are starving without food. Govt mis calculated impact of lock down without notice.. Politicians are not united to solve the problem,they are busy in blame games.God,help the poor & disadvantaged.

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  • Vijay Saldanha, Udupi

    Mon, May 18 2020

    During strict lock-down, PM was hailed for giving priority to the health of people over the country's economy. But Indian economy is not built in a self sustaining way. When the government realized this as the economy stood still, PM removed all the strict lock-down giving priority to economy over the health of citizens. As a result the corona started spiking. Quarantine has gone totally horrible. Karnataka alone will witness more than a lakh corona cases next month unless it takes some stringent actions.

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  • Ajay Rebello, Kallianpur

    Mon, May 18 2020

    No state can afford to test migrant workers before they leave, including Karnataka. So no surprise when our migrant workers returning are tested positive. God bless them as they are the lowly frontline workers in nation building.

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  • Dam, Mangalore

    Mon, May 18 2020

    When cases were less govt imposed strict Lockdown.. now cases are increasing... Govt lift the restrictions...

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  • Sahil, Mangaluru

    Mon, May 18 2020

    Seal complete Mumbai.

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  • Madhava Krishnan, Mangalore/New Delhi

    Mon, May 18 2020

    In India around 56000 cases active...36000 people recovered...sadly to say 3000 people died. We wants to improve much. Day by day new entrants are increasing.

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