<p>The coastal districts witnessed a staggering 40 COVID-19 cases on Thursday with Udupi district alone accounting for 27 cases.</p>.<p>Udupi Deputy Commissioner G Jagadheesh told reporters that all 27 cases reported on Thursday have a travel history to Maharashtra, Telangana or Kerala. Maharashtra returnees accounted for 23 cases while four Telangana returnees and one from Kerala tested positive for the virus.</p>.<p>What's more disturbing is 14 of the 27 cases reported from Udupi district are children below 10 years.</p>.<p>The infected have been admitted to Dr TMA Pai Hospital in Udupi<br />Of the 3,765 swab samples, as many as 2,,231 have returned negative in the district. Report of 1,487 samples are awaited.</p>.<p><strong>6 Dubai returnees test +ve </strong></p>.<p>Six men who returned to Mangaluru from Dubai on Vande Bharat mission flight on May 18, have tested positive for COVID-19.</p>.<p>All six infected, aged between 29 and 60, were under institutional quarantine, along with other co-passengers of the flight. With six fresh cases, the district's tally shot up to 61.</p>.<p>A 45-year-old man from Shaktinagar was discharged from the hospital, post-recovery, on Thursday. So far, 21 patients have been discharged from the hospital.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, Uttara Kannada district saw seven new cases, including three children aged one, six and seven, on Thursday. All seven have a travel history to Maharashtra.</p>
<p>The coastal districts witnessed a staggering 40 COVID-19 cases on Thursday with Udupi district alone accounting for 27 cases.</p>.<p>Udupi Deputy Commissioner G Jagadheesh told reporters that all 27 cases reported on Thursday have a travel history to Maharashtra, Telangana or Kerala. Maharashtra returnees accounted for 23 cases while four Telangana returnees and one from Kerala tested positive for the virus.</p>.<p>What's more disturbing is 14 of the 27 cases reported from Udupi district are children below 10 years.</p>.<p>The infected have been admitted to Dr TMA Pai Hospital in Udupi<br />Of the 3,765 swab samples, as many as 2,,231 have returned negative in the district. Report of 1,487 samples are awaited.</p>.<p><strong>6 Dubai returnees test +ve </strong></p>.<p>Six men who returned to Mangaluru from Dubai on Vande Bharat mission flight on May 18, have tested positive for COVID-19.</p>.<p>All six infected, aged between 29 and 60, were under institutional quarantine, along with other co-passengers of the flight. With six fresh cases, the district's tally shot up to 61.</p>.<p>A 45-year-old man from Shaktinagar was discharged from the hospital, post-recovery, on Thursday. So far, 21 patients have been discharged from the hospital.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, Uttara Kannada district saw seven new cases, including three children aged one, six and seven, on Thursday. All seven have a travel history to Maharashtra.</p>
