<p class="title">Five new Covid-19 clusters, including in educational institutions, have been identified in Dakshina Kannada on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to Covid-19 Nodal Officer Dr Ashok, eight students were tested positive for Covid-19 in a private school at Bajpe out of 81 samples tested, while seven students in a government school in Bengre have been tested positive. A total of 45 samples in the school were tested.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Twenty Covid-19 cases were confirmed in an Ayurveda college hostel in Mangaluru taluk out of 95 samples tested, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Eight cases of Covid infection were found in a girls hostel in Bantwal after 74 samples were tested.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Thirteen people in an old age home at Bondel have tested positive for Covid-19. As many as 52 samples were tested for the same.</p>.<p><strong>1,058 fresh cases</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">With the spike in Covid-19 cases, the district logged 1,058 fresh cases on Tuesday, taking the tally of total cases to 1,23,305. The positivity rate in the district is 10.76%, while 4,964 active cases are undergoing treatment in hospitals, Covid Care Centres and in home isolation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">With 275 discharges for the day, the total discharges in the district are 1,16,630.</p>
<p class="title">Five new Covid-19 clusters, including in educational institutions, have been identified in Dakshina Kannada on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to Covid-19 Nodal Officer Dr Ashok, eight students were tested positive for Covid-19 in a private school at Bajpe out of 81 samples tested, while seven students in a government school in Bengre have been tested positive. A total of 45 samples in the school were tested.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Twenty Covid-19 cases were confirmed in an Ayurveda college hostel in Mangaluru taluk out of 95 samples tested, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Eight cases of Covid infection were found in a girls hostel in Bantwal after 74 samples were tested.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Thirteen people in an old age home at Bondel have tested positive for Covid-19. As many as 52 samples were tested for the same.</p>.<p><strong>1,058 fresh cases</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">With the spike in Covid-19 cases, the district logged 1,058 fresh cases on Tuesday, taking the tally of total cases to 1,23,305. The positivity rate in the district is 10.76%, while 4,964 active cases are undergoing treatment in hospitals, Covid Care Centres and in home isolation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">With 275 discharges for the day, the total discharges in the district are 1,16,630.</p>