Daily Covid tally mounts to 782 in Dakshina Kannada

Healthcare and frontline workers, wait for their turn to get Covid-19 vaccine, during vaccination drive for the third dose or precautionary dose to priority groups, health care workers, frontline workers and those aged above 60 years, in Bengaluru. Credit: IANS File Photo

With the spike in Covid-19 cases, Dakshina Kannada on Sunday logged 782 new cases and two fatalities.

The positivity rate in the district is 6.45%. On Saturday, the district had reported 792 cases.

Of the two fatalities, one is from outside the district while the other is from Mangaluru.

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According to District Covid Nodal officer Dr Ashok, one more cluster has been identified at a nursing college hostel in Mangaluru taluk with 10 fresh cases. A total of 65 samples were tested in the hostel.

The active Covid-19 cases in the district has increased to 4,011. While the total deaths so far is 1,708 cases. The district has reported a total of 1,21,757 cases so far. With 216 discharges, the total discharges so far is 1,16,038. Over 12,000 samples were tested in the district.

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