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May 9: In biggest spike so far, 1,694 new corona cases in DK; five deaths in Udupi

  •   Sun, May 09 2021 09:05:34 PM

Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru/Udupi

Mangaluru/Udupi, May 9: In the biggest single-day spike so far, Dakshina Kannada on Sunday May 9 reported as many as 1,694 new coronavirus cases and two deaths, while Udupi too reported a sharp spike with 962 fresh cases and five deaths.

As per the district health bulletin, a total of 7,79,955 samples have been tested so far, out of which 7,23,579 have turned out to be negative.

The total number of positive cases in the district has risen to 56,376, out of which 12,557 are currently active.

As many as 854 patients were discharged from hospitals on Sunday, taking the total number of recoveries to 43,034.

The district recorded two deaths due to coronavirus on Sunday. The death toll in the district so far stands at 783, out of which two are non-Covid deaths.

With cases steadily increasing, the district administration has urged people to strictly continue maintaining social distance in public places and wear masks when stepping out of the house. Anyone not wearing a mask would be fined by the authority.

So far, the district administration has collected a whopping Rs 55,38,530 as fine in 53,043 incidents of mask violation.


Udupi

As per the district health bulletin, as many as 5,28,500 samples have been tested so far.

As many as 962 new cases were reported on Sunday, taking the total number of cases to 39,878, out of which 6,372 are currently active.

A total of 543 patients were discharged from hospitals on Sunday, taking the total number of recoveries to 33,273.

Out of 962 new patients, 943 are in home isolation while 19 are in Covid-designated hospitals.

Among the 962, as many as 761 are asymptomatic.

While Udupi taluk reported 309 of the 962 cases, Kundapur recorded 266, Karkala 384, and three from outside the district.

Coronavirus has claimed 233 lives in the district so far, including five on Sunday. Among those who died on Sunday are three men from Udupi, and a man and a woman from Kundapur.

Till now, 1,94,805 people have received the first dose of vaccination, while 57,659 have received the second dose.

 
  

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  • Flavian, Mangalore/Kuwait

    Mon, May 10 2021

    Silly political leaders including PM were concentrating on state elections. For hin only power expantion in the Southern states was bothering why he did not show his maturity in right directio. Public must throw BJP in next general election . India is torn apart in all directions Where is Neerulli Amma ? Mothers day😫

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  • Dsouza, Mudarangadi/udupi

    Mon, May 10 2021

    Politicians made disaster, uneducated peoples heading rule making teams. Non-logical precautions. Now comon man suffuring.

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  • Ashok, Mangalore

    Mon, May 10 2021

    News from BBC: Varanasi has so far recorded 70,612 infections and 690 deaths. But 46,280 - or 65% - cases were recorded since 1 April. The official Covid death toll for the district hovers most days around 10-11. On Sunday, the government data put it at 16. But everyone I spoke to in Varanasi dismissed these numbers as a fiction. A long-time city resident, who lives close to the Harishchandra and Manikarnika ghats - the two main cremation areas on the banks of Ganges river - says funeral pyres have been burning non-stop for the past month. Earlier, the two locations between them would have 80-90 cremations a day, but for the past month, the resident said, he believed the number has risen to roughly 300-400 a day. "How do you explain this increase?" he asked. "These people are also dying of something? Most reports say they had a cardiopulmonary failure. How are so many people, including young healthy individuals, suddenly dying from a heart attack?" Jai Modi, Jai Bhakths

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  • Ajay Rebello, Kallianpur

    Sun, May 09 2021

    This is scary. Counting should start from 1 or else it just causes more confusion about first second or third wave.

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  • sri_elder, Karkala

    Sun, May 09 2021

    Cities are the most affected. So vaccination should be targeted for city communities first. More cases are distributing now throughout the state because of mobilization of people from cities to their native places etc etc.

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  • HENRY MISQUIITH, India

    Sun, May 09 2021

    Unscientific leaders lead this country to graveyard 🪦.

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  • Evans C Sumitra, Udupi/New York, USA.

    Mon, May 10 2021

    Henry Misquiith, India, I liked your comments. My question is, to which graveyard as all them are full.

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  • Ajay, Mangalore

    Sun, May 09 2021

    God protect each and every one of us. Let this misery end soon.

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