172 Persons Test Positive For Coronavirus in Udupi District on August 29
Udupi: According to the district health bulletin, 172 persons have tested positive for the Coronavirus in Udupi on August 29 taking the total number of positive cases in the district to 11259.
Among the 172 new cases, 107 are from Udupi, 19 from Kundapur, 37 from Karkala, and 9 from outside the district.
As of now, 200 throat swab samples are pending for results, 789 samples were sent for testing on August 29 and 941 samples were tested negative. A total of 58632 swab samples out of the 70091 have tested negative for the coronavirus.
The number of active cases in the district has now gone up to 2561. So far, 8603 patients have been discharged from the hospital after complete recovery, and 95 persons have succumbed to COVID-19.