Dakshina Kannada on Thursday September 17 recorded 308 new coronavirus cases and nine deaths.
Mangalore:- As per the Dakshina Kannada district health bulletin, a total of 18,866 positive cases have been reported till date, out of which 4,401 are currently active. A total of 1,31,281 samples have been tested so far, out of which 1,12,415 are negative.
As many as 14,004 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospital, including 398 on Thursday. A total of 461 deaths have occured so far, including nine on Thursday.Among the 308 new cases, 101 are contacts, 176 have influenza-like illness (ILI), 9 have been diagnosed with severe acute respiratory illness (SARI), and 22 cases are under investigation. As many as 85 out of the 308 patients are asymptomatic.
Udupi:- As per the health bulletin released by Udupi district administration,Udupi recorded 121 new cases and four deaths, with total number of positive cases rising to 14,398, out of which 1,358 are active. As many as 864 patients were discharged on Thursday, taking the total recoveries to 12,907.