Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru/Udupi

Mangaluru/Udupi, May 2: No new cases of coronavirus were reported in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi, on Saturday, May 2.

In Dakshina Kannada district, nine cases are currently active, and 12 have been discharged. Three patients have died.

In Udupi district, no fresh cases were recorded on Saturday. Altogether, three corona-positive patients have been cured and discharged from hospital.

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As per statistics, a total of 3,652 persons, including 46 on Saturday, have been detected, either with complaints of severe acute respiratory illness or contacts of corona-positive patients. Among them, 2,313 

people have completed 28 days of quarantine, including 65 on Saturday, and 3,118 have completed 14 days of quarantine, including 86 on Saturday.

A total of 446 people are presently under home quarantine.

Among those who are in hospital quarantine, 32 are high-risk, six low-risk. Twelve patients have been admitted to isolation wards on Saturday out of which eight have severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) and three who have influenza-like illness (ILI). Altogether, 50 persons are in isolation wards, while 356 have been discharged including 10 on Saturday.

As many as 14 samples were collected on Saturday, taking the total to 1,177. These include four samples of SARI symptoms, and seven with ILI symptoms.

Out of the sample reports received so far, 1,124 have tested negative. Reports of 50 samples are awaited.