1 dead, 55 Covid cases raise Karnataka tally to 1,147

Bengaluru, May 17 (IANS) A 54-year-old man from Udupi succumbed to Covid-19, even as 55 new positive cases emerged, raising Karnataka’s tally to 1,147, said an official on Sunday.

“Positive case number 1,093, a 54-year-old male resident of Udupia died due to cardiac arrest on Thursday. Tested positive for Covid on Saturday,” said a health official.

This is Karnataka’s 37th death due to coronavirus and Udupi’s first.

Udupi is a coastal town by the Arabian Sea on the West Coast of India, 404 km west of Bengaluru.

Meanwhile, 55 new cases surfaced in the past 24 hours.

“New cases reported from Saturday 5 p.m. to Sunday 5 p.m. are 55,” said the official.

Currently, there are 600 active cases in the state, 509 discharges and 37 deaths.

Cases have spiked in Mandya and Kalaburagi districts.

Of the 55 new cases, Mandya contributed 22, followed by Kalaburagi (10), Hassan (6), Dharwad (4), Kolar and Yadigiri (3 each), Dakshina Kannada and Shivamogga (2 each) and Udupi, Bhatkal in Uttara Kannada and Vijayapura (1 each).

Of all the new cases, 40 had inter-state travel history, a majority of them to Mumbai in Maharashtra, including 20 from Mandya alone.

All Hassan cases had a travel history to the same place.

Only 10 cases were contacts of earlier cases. A 49-year-old man from Kolar is also suffering from Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI).

Among the new cases, 37 are men and the rest 18 are women, including 10 below 20 years of age.

Meanwhile, green zones in the state are seven — Raichur, Koppal, Kodagu, Mysuru, Chamarajanagar, Ramanagara and Bengaluru Rural.

Five top cities in Karnataka with respect to active cases are Bengaluru Urban with 86, Davangere 83, Belagavi 59, Mandya, 53 and Kalaburagi, 46.

Of the 37 deaths, Bengaluru Urban and Kalaburagi accounted for seven each, Dakshina Kannada 5, and Davangere 4, while the remaining were reported from other districts.

Of the 1,147 cases, 12 per cent patients were senior citizens, 65 per cent men and 35 per cent women with a discharge rate of 43 per cent.

–IANS

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