Mangaluru : Dakshina Kannada district reported 75 fresh corona cases and three deaths and Udupi reported 19 new cases on Saturday July 4,

As per the district health bulletin, the 75 who tested positive on Saturday, 47 are males and 28 females, including 10 children. Among the 75 new patients, 11 have returned from Abu Dhabi, Muscat and Dubai, 29 are diagnosed with influenza-like illness (ILI), six are diagnosed with severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) and 25 were primary and secondary contacts of earlier patients. Contact tracing process of 4 patients is on. Further, a 10-day-old baby is also tested positive. She is the primary contact of P- 1382 who was in quarantine.

In Dakshina Kannada, total 557 cases are currently active. As many as 516 persons have recovered and been discharged including 13 on Saturday, and  total of 47,885 people have been screened so far, including 58 on Saturday.

A total of 15,270 samples have been sent for tests till date, out of which 13,221 have turned out negative, and 1,095 positive, including 10 persons from other districts. Five patients, three males and two females, are serious and being treated in the ICU.

Udupi district reported 19 new cases on Saturday July 4, Total 10 patients have been discharged on Saturday, and 160 cases are currently active. One positive case has been transferred to Dakshina Kannada.

A total of 17,545 samples have been collected so far, including 1,047 on Saturday, out of which 84 are COVID contacts. Out of them, 14,556 samples have turned out to be negative, including 733 on Saturday, and 1,712 reports are awaited.