Mangaluru : Dakshina Kannada district reported 97 new corona cases and one death. Udupi reported 16 new corona cases on Friday, July 3,

As per the district health bulletin, the 97 who tested positive on Friday, 69 are males and 28 females, including 5 children. Among the 97 new patients, 3 have returned from Saudi Arabia and Dubai, 28 are diagnosed with influenza-like illness (ILI) and 25 were primary contacts of earlier patients. Contact tracing process of 41 patients is on.

The district have 498 active cases. As many as 503 persons have recovered and been discharged (14 males and 12 females including one child) including 26 on Friday, and 19 deaths have occurred so far including one on Friday.

The victim was a 49-year-old man, resident of Madikeri. He passed away at Wenlock, the district COVID hospital.

Udupi district reported 16 coorona cases on Friday. As many as 1,104 patients have been discharged so far including 14 on Friday, and 151 cases are currently active. Three deaths have occurred so. One positive case has been transferred to Dakshina Kannada.