Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi

Udupi, Jul 21: Udupi district on Tuesday July 21, reported a death related to coronavirus.

The deceased, aged 35 is a resident of Kannur in Kerala. He was admitted to KMC Hospital in Manipal for treatment in the month of June. He passed away due to kidney-related ailment. His swab sample was tested positive after his death.

With this, the number of deaths related to coronavirus in Udupi district has risen to 11.

District health officer Sudhirchandra Sooda informed that the burial of the deceased was held in Udupi itself. 

SKSSF Bikhaya team and AIKMCC jointly helped to bury the mortal remains of the deceased in Sunnath Jamat customs at Muslim burial grounds near Udupi fish market. Dakshina Kannada SKSSF team and Dakshina Kannada district AIKMCC team along with social workers Ansar Ahmed, Asif and Nasir Yakub did the needful.

Vikhaya team chairman Sayyed Ismael Tanjal Uppinangady, SKSSF Dakshina Kannada convener Asif Kabaka, Siddik Niraje, Shameer H L, AIKMCC team’s Sayyed Afwan Ali Tanjal, Asraf Tanjal Manipal, Hanif Haji, Udaya Puttur and family members of the deceased Jafar and Aslam Kannur took part in the burial.

Meanwhile, 18 staffs of a hotel tested positive on Tuesday. The hotel here was already sealed down as the owner of the hotel had tested positive. As many as 20 staffs were undergoing home quarantine in which 18 have tested positive now.