Udupi: Udupi district has recorded the fifth Covid -19 death with death of an 82 year old from Padubidre . He had lung and kidney ailment. And he died on Tuesday , a swab samples confirmed that he was infected with Covid 19.
Total of 53 fresh cases ,including two councilors of Udupi CMC, were reported on Wednesday .the total number of cases were 1,786.
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2 doctors at the district government hospital in Udupi and 4 other staff at the hospital have also been tested positive .It was suspected that doctors would have contacted the virus while on duty. One of the doctors has been admitted at Dr TMA Pai hospital , Udupi, while another doctor has been advised to be in home isolation .
The 4 other staff at the hospital who tested positive and have been advised to be in home isolation and are being treated .
1,382 have recovered and were discharged and 401 cases are active in the district , undergoing treatment in hospitals and in home isolation.
The swab samples of 655 are pending for results. On Wednesday, 460 swab samples were sent for testing.