<p class="title">The number of COVID-19 positive cases has come down drastically in the virus-hit districts in the last 24 hours. Apart from Bengaluru Urban (42), Yadgir (27), Vijayapura (13) and Kalaburagi districts (11), others reported fresh infections in single digits.</p>.<p class="bodytext">COVID-19 cases in Udupi district, the table topper in the state with 947 cases, drew blank for the second consecutive day on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The day also saw 257 patients recover and walk out of the designated COVID-29 hospitals across the state. As many as 93 patients were discharged, post-recovery, in Udupi district. Kalaburagi district reported 66 recoveries in the last 24 hours.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ramanagara, which reported its first case on May 25, recorded five fresh infections in the last 24 hours (ending at 5 pm on Wednesday), according to the district administration. However, the Health department’s bulletin claims only two new cases from Ramanagara district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">All five infected are from Channapatna. Three people, aged 24, 26 and 27, are contacts of a Ramanagara prison staffer, who tested positive for the virus a few days back.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Two middle-aged women, both contacts of a police constable from Bengaluru (Patient 3360), also tested positive for COVID-19.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The district, so far, has reported 12 COVID-19 cases. Of which, 11 are active.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In Ballari, five contacts of an infected Jindal factory worker have contracted the virus on Wednesday. The fresh cases include a health worker and two women, Deputy Commissioner S S Nakul told reporters. With this, the district’s tally has gone up to 75.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Hubballi man succumbs</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dharwad district reported its first COVID-19 death on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A 58-year-old (P-1943), a resident of Girani Chawl in Hubballi, had returned from Mumbai on May 22 along with 11 others. He tested positive for COVID-19 the following day. According to sources at the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubballi, P-1943 was on ventilator for more than five days and died due to multiple organ failure on Tuesday night.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was a diabetic and renal disease patient.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to KIMS doctors, P-1943 was asymptomatic in the initial days after returning from Mumbai, but started showing symptoms<br />by June 5. </p>.<p class="bodytext">A senior doctor treating the patient said: “We did our best. However, his heath condition started worsening with each passing day. We had even kept him on dialysis for his kidney-related ailment. But, we could not save him as the viral load in his body was very high.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">Two more Covid-19 deaths were reported in Bengaluru Urban district, taking the toll to 69 in the state.</p>
<p class="title">The number of COVID-19 positive cases has come down drastically in the virus-hit districts in the last 24 hours. Apart from Bengaluru Urban (42), Yadgir (27), Vijayapura (13) and Kalaburagi districts (11), others reported fresh infections in single digits.</p>.<p class="bodytext">COVID-19 cases in Udupi district, the table topper in the state with 947 cases, drew blank for the second consecutive day on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The day also saw 257 patients recover and walk out of the designated COVID-29 hospitals across the state. As many as 93 patients were discharged, post-recovery, in Udupi district. Kalaburagi district reported 66 recoveries in the last 24 hours.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ramanagara, which reported its first case on May 25, recorded five fresh infections in the last 24 hours (ending at 5 pm on Wednesday), according to the district administration. However, the Health department’s bulletin claims only two new cases from Ramanagara district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">All five infected are from Channapatna. Three people, aged 24, 26 and 27, are contacts of a Ramanagara prison staffer, who tested positive for the virus a few days back.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Two middle-aged women, both contacts of a police constable from Bengaluru (Patient 3360), also tested positive for COVID-19.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The district, so far, has reported 12 COVID-19 cases. Of which, 11 are active.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In Ballari, five contacts of an infected Jindal factory worker have contracted the virus on Wednesday. The fresh cases include a health worker and two women, Deputy Commissioner S S Nakul told reporters. With this, the district’s tally has gone up to 75.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Hubballi man succumbs</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dharwad district reported its first COVID-19 death on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A 58-year-old (P-1943), a resident of Girani Chawl in Hubballi, had returned from Mumbai on May 22 along with 11 others. He tested positive for COVID-19 the following day. According to sources at the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubballi, P-1943 was on ventilator for more than five days and died due to multiple organ failure on Tuesday night.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was a diabetic and renal disease patient.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to KIMS doctors, P-1943 was asymptomatic in the initial days after returning from Mumbai, but started showing symptoms<br />by June 5. </p>.<p class="bodytext">A senior doctor treating the patient said: “We did our best. However, his heath condition started worsening with each passing day. We had even kept him on dialysis for his kidney-related ailment. But, we could not save him as the viral load in his body was very high.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">Two more Covid-19 deaths were reported in Bengaluru Urban district, taking the toll to 69 in the state.</p>
