Update

Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (JD)

Udupi, May 21: Another positive case has been reported in the district on Thursday May 21.

A 37-year-old male patient tested positive. He had arrived from Dubai to Udupi.

Hence, the total number of positive cases reported on Thursday increased from 25 to 26.

TMA Pai COVID hospital

So far, 48 confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported so far in the district, including a death. Three have recovered, and 44 are active.

Earlier report

Mangaluru: Coronavirus - Six test positive in Dakshina Kannada, 25 cases in Udupi on May 21

Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (AM)

Mangaluru, May 21: As many as six tested positive for coronavirus in Dakshina Kannada (DK) and 25 in Udupi on Thursday May 21.

The six new cases in DK are all male aged 29, 35, 42 and 60 and two people aged 44. All had travelled from Dubai to Mangaluru on May 18. Out of 178 passengers who arrived on that day, 110 were quarantined out of which six have now tested positive.

The two aged 44 and three others aged 35, 42, 60 each hail from DK, while the 29-year-old hails from Kalaburagi. All of them have been shifted to Wenlock COVID hospital.

With this, the total number of cases in Dakshina Kannada has risen to 61 out of which 39 are currently active. As many as 17 persons have recovered and been discharged, and five deaths have occurred.

In Udupi, out of the 25 tested positive on Thursday, 16 are male and nine are female. Fifteen of them are children aged 10 and below.

Twenty-one of them have travelled from Maharashtra, three from Telangana and one from Kerala.

In Udupi, 47 confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported so far in the district, including a death. Three have recovered, and 43 are active.