<p class="title">Dakshina Kannada district’s Covid-19 caseload crossed the 5,000-mark, with 173 people testing positive on Tuesday. The total positive cases in the district have risen to 5,103.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to officials, of the 173 cases, 21 are the primary contacts of infected persons, while 91 persons have symptoms of Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) and 22 have symptoms of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI).</p>.<p class="bodytext">The contact tracing of 38 infected persons is underway. A person with international travel history has also tested positive.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As many as 2,632 persons are undergoing treatment at hospitals and in home isolation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A total of 35,081 samples have been tested so far in Dakshina Kannada. On a positive note, 41 persons have recovered and were discharged from hospitals, taking the tally of the discharged to 2,338.</p>.<p><strong>4 more fatalities</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">The Covid-19 deaths continued in the district with the district administration recording four more deaths. The total deaths in the district have risen to 135.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An 84-year-old man from Sakleshpura in Hassan with symptoms of refractory hypoxemia/refractory ARDS and cardiac arrest was admitted to a private hospital in Mangaluru on July 22 and he died on July 26. His throat swab sample tested positive for Covid-19.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A 62-year-old man from Bantwal with symptoms of Sepsis with Septic shock and MODS, Severe Metabolic Acidosis, Right-Sided Pneumothorax S/P ICD insertion, Chronic liver disease, Severe Anaemia with Thrombocytopenia, was admitted to Wenlock Hospital on July 26 and died on Tuesday. He too was infected with Covid-19.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A 25-year-old woman from Bantwal was admitted to a private hospital on July 25 with symptoms of brain stem dysfunction, cortical venous thrombosis, infra parenchymal bleed. She failed to respond to treatment and died on Tuesday. A 72-year-old man from Bhatkal suffering from severe septic shock, septicemia, septic/metabolic encephalopathy, hypertension, Type2 diabetes mellitus admitted to a hospital on July 27 died on the same day. He too was confirmed with Covid-19.</p>
<p class="title">Dakshina Kannada district’s Covid-19 caseload crossed the 5,000-mark, with 173 people testing positive on Tuesday. The total positive cases in the district have risen to 5,103.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to officials, of the 173 cases, 21 are the primary contacts of infected persons, while 91 persons have symptoms of Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) and 22 have symptoms of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI).</p>.<p class="bodytext">The contact tracing of 38 infected persons is underway. A person with international travel history has also tested positive.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As many as 2,632 persons are undergoing treatment at hospitals and in home isolation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A total of 35,081 samples have been tested so far in Dakshina Kannada. On a positive note, 41 persons have recovered and were discharged from hospitals, taking the tally of the discharged to 2,338.</p>.<p><strong>4 more fatalities</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">The Covid-19 deaths continued in the district with the district administration recording four more deaths. The total deaths in the district have risen to 135.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An 84-year-old man from Sakleshpura in Hassan with symptoms of refractory hypoxemia/refractory ARDS and cardiac arrest was admitted to a private hospital in Mangaluru on July 22 and he died on July 26. His throat swab sample tested positive for Covid-19.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A 62-year-old man from Bantwal with symptoms of Sepsis with Septic shock and MODS, Severe Metabolic Acidosis, Right-Sided Pneumothorax S/P ICD insertion, Chronic liver disease, Severe Anaemia with Thrombocytopenia, was admitted to Wenlock Hospital on July 26 and died on Tuesday. He too was infected with Covid-19.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A 25-year-old woman from Bantwal was admitted to a private hospital on July 25 with symptoms of brain stem dysfunction, cortical venous thrombosis, infra parenchymal bleed. She failed to respond to treatment and died on Tuesday. A 72-year-old man from Bhatkal suffering from severe septic shock, septicemia, septic/metabolic encephalopathy, hypertension, Type2 diabetes mellitus admitted to a hospital on July 27 died on the same day. He too was confirmed with Covid-19.</p>