Bengaluru, Apr 19 () Two more COVID-19 fatalitieswere reported in Karnataka on Sunday, taking the death toll inthe state to 16, as six new cases were confirmed in the state,taking the total number of infections to 390, the healthdepartment said.
A 65-year-old woman, who is a city resident and a 50-year-old woman from Dakshina Kannada with Severe AcuteRespiratory Infection (SARI) died at designated hospitals intheir respective districts, a department bulletin said.
Cumulatively, 390 COVID-19 positive cases have beenconfirmed in Karnataka so far, which includes 16 deaths and111 discharges, it said.
Out of the 263 active cases, 260 (including a pregnantwoman) are in isolation at designated hospitals and arestable, while three are in Intensive Care Units.
Among six new cases, four are from Mysuru and two fromDakshina Kannada, including the 50 year-old woman who died.
While two men from Mysuru (aged 46 and 20) had a travelhistory to Delhi, the other two (a 39-year-old man and 23-yearold woman) are from Nanjanagudu in Mysuru and contacts ofpatients already tested positive.
The other person from Dakshina Kannada is a 30-year-oldwoman, the wife of a patient who already tested positive.
Contact tracing has been initiated and was in progressfor all the cases, the department said.
Nine out of 390 cases detected and confirmed in Karnatakaso far are transit passengers of Kerala.
Bangaluru topped the state in most number of infectionsreported with 89 cases, followed by Mysuru with 84 andBelagavi with 42.
Out of total of 111 patients discharged so far, themaximum of 44 are from Bengaluru, 24 from Mysuru, eleven fromDakshina Kannada, the department said. Among the deceased, four are from Bengaluru urban, threefrom Kalaburagi, two each from Chikkaballapura and Vijayapura,and one each from Belagavi, Bagalkote, Gadag, Dakshina Kannadaand Tumakuru.
A total of 21,367 samples have been tested so far, out ofwhich 2,181 were tested on Sunday alone.
So far 17,662 samples have been reported as negative, ofwhich 2,004 were on Sunday alone.
In 31 fever clinics of BBMP (Bengaluru civic body) tilldate 4,387 people have been screened, while in 438 feverclinics of the state 60,177 people have been screened tilldate. KSU APRRAVINDRANATH APRRAVINDRANATH