Mangaluru : Dakshina Kannada reported 208 new corona cases and seven deaths. Udupi district reported 173 new corona cases on Wednesday July 29

As per the district health bulletin, the 208 new cases are 65 primary contacts, 73 with influenza-like illness (ILI), and 12 with severe acute respiratory illness (SARI). As many as 58 cases are under investigation.

In district 2,715 cases are currently active. As many as 2,456 persons have recovered and been discharged, and 142 deaths have occurred so far, including seven on Wednesday.

A total of 37,014 samples have been tested so far. As many as 31,703 have turned out negative, and 5,311 are positive till date. As many as 118 patients were discharged on Wednesday from Wenlock and private hospitals.

Udupi district reported 173 new corona cases on Wednesday July 29

As per the health bulletin, a total of 286 people are in isolation wards, including 42 fresh admissions on Wednesday. Among the new admissions, five are COVID suspects, 15 have SARI and 22 have influenza-like illness.

As many as 1,550 people, including 33 on Wednesday, have been discharged from isolation wards so far.

A total 1,547 cases are currently active.  25 deaths have occurred so far, 30,260 samples have been collected so far, including 824 on Wednesday, out of which 423 are COVID suspects and 306 are COVID contacts. Out of the total samples, 25,530 have turned out to be negative, including 487 on Wednesday, and 835 reports are awaited.