Mangaluru : Dakshina Kannada reported 258 new coronavirus cases and two deaths and Udupi registered 53 new cases and one death on Monday, Sep 6.

As many as 227 patients were discharged from hospitals on Monday. A total of 16,15,466 samples have been tested so far, out of which 15,05,150 have turned out to be negative.

The total number of positive cases in the district has risen to 1,11,316 out of which 2,136 are currently active.

The death toll in the district so far stands at 1,596 including two deaths on Monday.

Udupi 
Udupi district reported 53 new cases and one death on Monday, taking the total number of cases to 74,525 out of which 1,417 are currently active.

As many as 10,13,052 samples have been tested so far. A total of 67 patients were discharged from hospitals on Monday.

Out of 53 new patients, 49 are in home isolation while 4 are in Covid-designated hospitals.

Among the 53 cases 33 new cases, Kundapur registered 9 and Karkala 10 and one case was from out of district.

Coronavirus has claimed 458 lives in the district so far, including one on Monday. The person who died on Monday was from Karkala.