Mangaluru : Dakshina Kannada reported 194 new coronavirus cases and six deaths. Udupi district 314 new cases and five deaths reported on Saturday August 8.

As per the district health bulletin, the 194 new cases, 98 have influenza-like illness (ILI), 12 have been diagnosed with severe acute respiratory illness (SARI), 15 are primary contacts, and 69 are under investigation.

As many as 3,487 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospital, including 183 on Saturday. A total of 214 deaths have occurred so far, including six on Saturday.

Total  3,374 are currently active and 7,075 positive cases have been reported till date.

All six patients who died on Saturday are from Mangaluru and all of them had comorbidities.

In Udupi district 314 new cases and five deaths reported on Saturday August 8.

As per the health bulletin the 314 new cases, 192 are in Udupi, 87 in Kundapur, 30 in Karkala, and five from outside the district. As many as 80 cases symptomatic and 226 asymptomatic. Among them, 164 are male and 150 female out of which 156 have contracted infection from primary contacts, 69 have ILI symptoms, six have SARI symptoms, 79 are under investigation, and four have domestic travelling history. Out of the 314, 203 have been admitted to COVID care centre, designated COVID hospital, and designated COVID health hospital and 111 are under home isolation.

As many as 5,919 confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported so far in the district, including 314 on Saturday. As many as 3,347 patients have been discharged so far, including 89 on Saturday, and 2,512 cases are currently active. As per the district bulletin, 60 deaths have occurred so far including five on Saturday.