Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru/Udupi

Mangaluru/Udupi, June 26: Dakshina Kannada on Saturday, June 26 reported 375 new coronavirus cases and fourteen deaths, while Udupi reported 139 fresh cases and two deaths.

As per the district health bulletin, a total of 10,11,784 samples have been tested so far.

The total number of positive cases in the district has risen to 91,411 out of which 6,208 are currently active. The positivity rate of district is 4.62%.

As many as 567 patients were discharged from hospitals on Saturday.

The district recorded fourteen deaths due to coronavirus on Saturday. The death toll in the district so far stands at 1136.

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 Rs 90,95,067 as fine in 74,879 incidents of mask violation.

Udupi

As per the district health bulletin, as many as 6,74,084 samples have been tested so far.

As many as 139 new cases were reported on Saturday, taking the total number of cases to 66,040 out of which 1,129 are currently active.

A total of 268 patients were discharged from hospitals on Saturday.

Coronavirus has claimed 389 lives in the district so far, including two on Saturday.

Till now, 3,90,909 people have received the first dose of vaccination, while 1,04,111 have received the second dose.