Mangaluru : Dakshina Kannada district recorded bigest single-day spike 238 corona virus cases and six deaths. Udupi district reported 109 new corona cases and two deaths reported on Thursday July 16.

IAs per the district health bulletin,  the 238 who tested positive on Thursday, 23 are primary contacts, 106 have ILI symptoms, 17 have SARI symptoms, 19 has international travel history, and contacts of 73 are being traced.

As many as 74 patients were discharged on Thursday and a total of 26,111 samples have been sent for tests so far.  1,537 cases are currently active. As many as 1,163 persons have recovered and been discharged, and 63 deaths have occurred so far including six on Thursday.

As many as 23,348 have turned out negative, and 2,763 are positive till date. Out of these,  238 who tested positive on Thursday, 23 are primary contacts, 106 have ILI symptoms, 17 have SARI symptoms, 19 has international travel history, and contacts of 73 are being traced.

Udupi district reported 109 new corona cases and two deaths on Thursday July 16. The 109 cases  include 61 men, 40 women and eight children. As many as 36 belong to Udupi taluk, 62 are from Kundapur and 11 from Karkala.

Among the 109 cases, 11 came from Mumbai, 15 from Bengaluru, one each from Hyderbad and Dubai, two from Davanagere, 17 with ILI symptoms, two with SARI symptoms and 49 are primary contacts of earlier positive tested patients.

Kasaragod district on thursday confirmed 18 Coronavirus cases. Of these, 11 have been infected by primary contacts. Four of them were from abroad and three were from other states, said District Medical Officer Dr AV Ramadas.