Dakshina kannada 792, Udupi 607 Covid cases reports in 24 hours, state positivity rate jump to 15%

Covid cases blast in Coastal Karnataka districts, Dakshina kannada 792, Udupi 607 cases reports in single day. state positivity rate jump to 15%. 139 students test positive for covid-19 in Udupi it is second highest Covid cases in state. 850 students positive for covid in 24 hours, Hasan 198 highest in student positive cases.

Karnataka reports 32,793 Covid cases in 24 hours. Positivity rate jump to 15%. Highest covid cases reported in Bengaluru 22,284. Total 4,273 Discharged today. In wake of Covid situation govt issued new rules for hospital patients. Dakshina kannada 792, Udupi 607, Mysuru 729, Tumkur 1326, Mandya 718, Bellary 410, Belgavi 393, Kalburgi 384, Kodagu 150, kolara 541, Shivmogga 305, Uttara kannada 237, Vijayapura 76, Dharwada 648, Bengaluru Rural 503, Chikkamagaluru 196 Covid cases in 24 hours.

The Karnataka government on Saturday said only the sick and patients requiring emergency care may visit the hospitals for the next two weeks to prevent crowding. The government has asked all the other patients with mild illness requiring outpatient or follow-up care not to visit hospitals till then or till further orders.

“In pursuant to the existing COVID-19 situation, it is hereby informed that only sick and patients requiring emergency care may visit the hospitals/super-specialty hospitals and autonomous institutions,” a notification from the Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, T K Anil Kumar said.

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All other patients with mild illness which requires outpatient care/ follow-up care/elective case including dental patients should not visit the hospitals for the next two weeks or till further orders to prevent crowding and the spread of COVID-19, it said. Private hospitals have also been instructed to take similar steps.

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The State has been registering a spike in cases. On Friday, there were 32,793 new cases, including 22,284 in the Bengaluru urban. And 7 fatalities, taking the tally to 31,86,040 and the death toll to 38,418. The state, which has been witnessing a steady surge in cases since the last week of December, had recorded 28,723 fresh infections on Friday. Of the new cases today, 22,284 were from Bengaluru Urban that saw 2,479 people being discharged and 5 deaths. The total number of active cases across the state is now 169,850.