Mangaluru : Dakshina Kannada district reported 49 new coronavirus cases and 14 new cases reourted in Udupi district on Saturday June 27.

The 49 patients who tested postive four of them are Saudi Arabia returnees, seven have travelled from Dubai, one has travelled from Qatar, two from Sharjah, four with severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) and three with influenza like illness (ILI) symptoms have tested positive, and the source of infection of six patients is being traced. As many as 17 have contracted infection from P-9590 who tested positive on June 23, one each from P-10581, P-10582 and P-10588, all who tested positive on June 26 and two patients from P-10275 who tested positive on June 25.

A total 90 people have been screened on Saturday so far 47,024 people screened. 175 samples were sent for testing on Saturday. Reports of 145 samples are awaited.

As per the district health bulletin, 29 males and 9 females including three children, were discharged from Wenlock on Saturday. a total of 12,919 samples have been sent for tests till date.

In Udupi district 14 people tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday. Among the 14, seven each are males and females including one child. Out of the 14 patients, five are Maharashtra returnees, one has travelled from Telangana, six from the district have contracted the infection from earlier positive tested patients, and one each who have come from Bengaluru and Kumta have tested positive.