A Covid-19 infected woman from Ullal succumbed to the virus in Mangaluru's designated Covid-19 hospital on Monday. With this, the Dakshina Kannada district recorded its fourteenth death from the novel coronavirus.
The woman was suffering from diabetes and liver-related ailment. She was admitted to a private hospital in Derlakatte for a surgery. Prior to the surgery, her throat swab was collected and she tested positive for the virus on Sunday, DHO Dr Ramachandra Bayari said.