Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru/Udupi

Mangaluru/Udupi, Jan 24: Dakshina Kannada on Monday, January 24, reported 655 new coronavirus cases while Udupi registered 677 cases.

The total number of positive cases in the district has risen to 1,28,379 out of which 5,455 are currently active.

As many as 825 patients were discharged from hospitals on Monday. The death toll in the district so far stands at 1,723. Out of which three deaths were reported on Monday.

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 1,13,86,680 as fine in 94,109 incidents of mask violation.

Udupi

A total of 677 new cases were reported on Monday. The total active Covid cases has risen to 5,718. A total of 1502 patients were discharged from hospitals on Monday.

Udupi taluk reported 500 cases, Kundapura 135 and 41 cases in Karkala. One case was from out of the district.

A total of 10,10,128 people have received first dose of vaccination and 8,54,178 have received both doses.

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