Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru/Udupi
Mangaluru/Udupi, Jul 26: Dakshina Kannada on Sunday July 26 recorded another steep spike in coronavirus cases, with as many as 199 new cases and eight deaths reported in the district. Meanwhile, Udupi also reported a spike with 170 new cases.
As per the district health bulletin, a total of 33,649 samples have been tested so far. As many as 28,838 have turned out negative, and 4,811 are positive till date. Out of these, 2,471 cases are currently active. As many as 2,217 persons have recovered and been discharged, and 123 deaths have occured so far, including eight on Sunday.
As many as 90 patients were discharged on Sunday from Wenlock as well as private hospitals.
Among the 199 new cases are 31 primary contacts, 73 with influenza-like illness (ILI), and 10 with severe acute respiratory illness (SARI). As many as 83 cases are under investigation. Two of the patients have international travel history.
The eight patients who died on Sunday include a 71-year-old male, a resident of Mangaluru, who was admitted to a private hospital on July 19, and passed away on July 23. He was diagnosed with ARDS/multiorgan dysfunction, chronic renal disease, diabetes, and hypertension. Another is a 70-year-old male, also a resident of Mangaluru, who was admitted to a private hospital on July 20 and passed away on July 24. He had developed sepsis, chronic kidney disease, lower respiratory tract infection, and other ailments. A 55-year-old male resident of Puttur was admitted to a private hospital on July 23, and passed away a day later. He was diagnosed with septic shock with acute kidney injury with severe metaboic acidosis. A 56-year-old male resident of Mangaluru who was admitted to a private hospital on July 20 passed away on July 24. He was suffering from acute respiratory distress syndrome, multiorgan dysfunction syndrome and ischemic heart disease.
A 72-year-old male Mangaluru resident who was admitted to a private hospital on July 18 passed away on July 24. He was suffering from refractory hypoxemia/refractory ARDS, septic shock, secondary bacterial infection, renal failure, acute coronary event, and other ailments. A 45-year-old female Mangaluru resident who was admitted to a private hospital on July 24 passed away the same day. She had been diagnosed with metastatic carcinoma of right lung and pneumonia. A 55-year-old male resident of Mangaluru who was admitted to a private hospital on July 21 and died on July 24. As per the district bulletin, he was suffering from refractory hypoxemia/refractory ARDS, septic shock, secondary bacterial infection, renal failure, acute coronary event, and other ailments. A 70-year-old male resident of Mangaluru suffering from severe pneumonia with ARDS, multiorgan dysfunction, sepsis, chronic kidney disease and hypothyroidism was admitted to a private hospital on July 24 and passed away the same day.
The district administration said that though the above patients contracted coronavirus, the exact cause of their deaths is being investigated by a team of experts and their report is awaited.
Udupi
As per the health bulletin released by the Udupi district administration, a total of 4,875 people have completed 28 days of quarantine, and an equal number have completed 14 days of quarantine. As many as 1,701 persons are currently in home quarantine.
A total of 260 people are in isolation wards, including 34 fresh admissions on Sunday. Among the new admissions, 4 are COVID suspects, seven have SARI and 23 influenza-like illness.
As many as 1,453 people, including 12 on Sunday, have been discharged from isolation wards so far.
A total of 28,287 samples have been collected so far, including 912 on Sunday, out of which 139 are COVID suspects and 175 are COVID contacts. Out of the total samples, 24,335 have turned out to be negative, including 706 on Sunday, and 564 reports are awaited.
As many as 3,388 confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported so far in the district, including 170 on Sunday. As many as 2,133 patients have been discharged so far, and 1,241 cases are currently active. As per the district bulletin, 14 deaths have occured so far. On Sunday two more deaths were reported, out of which only one has been included in Sunday's health bulletin. One positive case has been transferred to Dakshina Kannada. As many as 125 people were discharged on Sunday.
Among the new cases, 86 are in Udupi, 31 in Kundapur, and 52 in Karkala. They include 106 male and 63 women.