Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru/Udupi

Mangaluru/Udupi, Dec 27: Dakshina Kannada on Monday, December 27, reported 12 new coronavirus cases while Udupi registered 7 cases.

The total number of positive cases in the district has risen to 1,16,298 out of which 145 are currently active.

As many as 17 patients were discharged from hospitals on Monday. The death toll in the district so far stands at 1,700.

The district administration has urged people to strictly continue maintaining social distance in public places and wear masks when stepping out of the house. Anyone not wearing a mask would be fined by the authority.

So far, the district administration has collected Rs 1,10,40,370 as fine in 91,461 incidents of mask violation.

Udupi

As per the district health bulletin, as many as 13,56,043 samples have been tested so far.

A total of 7 new cases were reported on Monday, taking the total number of cases to 77,032 out of which 50 are currently active.

A total of 3 patients were discharged from hospitals on Monday. Coronavirus has claimed 479 lives in the district so far.

So far 9,56,342 people have received the first dose of vaccination, while 8,13,300 have received the second dose.

A total of 53 cases of mucormycosis (black fungus) have been reported in the district so far.