Mangaluru : Dakshina Kannada district reported 32 new corona virus cases and Udupi district reported 18 new corona virus cases on Monday June 29,

A  60-year-old woman resident of Ullal died of corona infection on Monday, she was getting treated for ailments related to liver and heart, also suffering from diabetes.

As per the district health bulletin,  the 32 who tested positive on Monday, 21 are males and 11 females. Among the 32 new patients, one is an inter-state returnee, nine have been diagnosed with influenza-like illness (ILI), six with severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) and 12 were primary contacts of earlier patients. Contact tracing process of four patients is on.

On Monday 444  people screened and total of 47,526 people have been screened so far.  13,440 samples have been sent for tests till date, out of which 12,587 have turned out negative, and 705 positive, including 10 persons from other districts. Out of these, 265 are currently active. As many as 426 persons have recovered and been discharged including four on Monday,

Udupi district reported 18 new corona virus cases on Monday, a total of 14,268 samples have been collected so far, including 35 on Monday, out of which 6 are COVID contacts and 15 are COVID suspects. Out of them, 12,862 samples have turned out to be negative, including 74 on Monday, and 209 reports are awaited.