Five new clusters, including in educational institutions, were identified in Dakshina Kannada on Tuesday.
According to Covid-19 Nodal officer Dr Ashok, eight students were tested positive for Covid-19 in a private school at Bajpe out of 81 samples tested.
While seven students in a government school in Bengre have been tested positive for Covid infection. A total of 45 samples in the school were tested.
Twenty Covid-19 positive cases were confirmed in an Ayurveda college hostel in Mangaluru taluk out of 95 samples tested, he said.
Eight cases of Covid infection were found in a girls hostel in Bantwal after 74 samples were tested.
Thirteen persons in an old age home at Bondel have been tested positive for Covid-19. As many as 52 samples were tested for the same.
With the spike in Covid-19 cases, the district logged 1,058 fresh Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, thus taking the tally of total cases to 1,23,305. The positivity rate in the district is 10.76% while 4,964 active cases are undergoing treatment in hospitals, Covid care centres and in-home isolation.
With 275 discharges for the day, the total discharges in the district stand at 1,16,630.
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(Published 18 January 2022, 17:42 IST)
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