Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Aug 18: Although the district administration here has been taking all measures to strictly implement the government guidelines, Dakshina Kannada (DK) district is ahead of others as far as number of new Covid cases is concerned. In a concerning development, a report of the experts recently said that out of a list of 20 top villages in the state with highest infection in the state, 11 are located in DK.
The district has been regularly witnessing over 300 new Covid infection cases per day. At the same time, the death rate continues to be high. These things have been giving sleepless nights to the district administration. Alarmed by these issues, chief minister Basavaraj Bommai, and health minister Dr Sudhakar, during their recent visit to the district, had asked those in home isolation to be shifted to Covid care centres.
The 11 areas where the infection has continued to be high are Kandavara, Kalmakaru, Guthigar, Melantabettu, Ajjavar, Kondemoole, Todar, Kadaba, Kolnadu, Mangaluru rural and Konaje rural areas. Nire, Alpady, Nitte, Koteshwar, and Badagabettu in Udupi district also find themselves mentioned in the list of top 20 villages with highest infections.
Among towns, Beltangady, Ullal, Puttur, Kotekar and Moodbidri are considered to be high infection areas.
In the positivity rate too, Dakshina Kannada has the highest positivity rate of 4.08 percent. It also has the second highest active cases (3,595). The district takes the cake for having the highest people in home isolation (2,902). Udupi has 1,061 home isolation cases. The chief minister, observing that home isolations often result in spreading of the disease, had asked them to be shifted to Covid care centres. Even though the health department is trying to shift at least 50 percent of those on home isolation to Covid care centres, the people are not agreeable. The officials point out that those who have tested positive may themselves feel healthy but they can spread the disease to elders or people with other health complications. As many times the infected people go out without information, they can spread the infection, the doctors have warned.