199 Persons Test Positive and 8 Die Of COVID-19 in DK on July 26
Mangaluru: According to the district health bulletin, 199 persons have tested positive for the Coronavirus and eight persons have died of COVID-19 in Dakshina Kannada district on July 26.
Out of the 199 positive cases, thirty-one persons had contracted the disease from primary contacts. Seventy-three persons are suffering from influenza-like illness (ILI), and ten persons are suffering from Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI). The health officials are tracing the contacts of Eighty-three others.
All the 199 persons have been shifted to the designated COVID hospital for further treatment.
Meanwhile, 90 persons were also discharged from the hospital after complete recovery.