278 Persons Test Positive For Coronavirus in Udupi Dist on August 21
Udupi: According to the district health bulletin, 278 persons have tested positive for the Coronavirus in Udupi on August 21 taking the total number of positive cases in the district to 9661.
Among the 278 new cases, 159 are from Udupi, 99 from Kundapur, 14 from Karkala, and 6from outside the district.
As many as 85 cases are symptomatic and 193 are asymptomatic. Among them, 157 are male and 121 female out of which 114 persons contracted the infection from primary contacts, 68 have ILI symptoms, 6 have SARI symptoms, 89 are under investigation and 1 person have domestic travel history.
The number of active cases in the district has now gone up to 2729. So far, 6857 patients have been discharged from the hospital after complete recovery, and 82 persons have succumbed to COVID-19.
As of now, 1017 throat swab samples are pending for results, 1516 samples were sent for testing on August 21 and 1314 samples were tested negative. A total of 52082 swab samples out of the 62767 have tested negative for the coronavirus.