Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru/Udupi

Mangaluru/Udupi, Jan 23: Dakshina Kannada on Sunday, January 23, reported 770 new coronavirus cases while Udupi registered 1,061 cases.

The total number of positive cases in the district has risen to 1,27,724 out of which 5,628 are currently active.

As many as 841 patients were discharged from hospitals on Sunday. The death toll in the district so far stands at 1,720. Out of which one death was reported on Sunday.

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 1,13,80,480 as fine in 94,047 incidents of mask violation.

Udupi

A total of 1,061 new cases were reported on Sunday. The total active Covid cases has risen to 6,546. A total of 503 patients were discharged from hospitals on Sunday.

Udupi taluk reported 757 cases, Kundapura 207 and 92 cases in Karkala. Five cases were from out of the district.

A total of 10,10,095 people have received first dose of vaccination and 8,53,841 have received both doses.

A total of 53 cases of mucormycosis (black fungus) have been reported in the district so far.