466 new Covid-19 positive cases in DK; 191 cases in Udupi on September 16

Mangalore Today News Network

Bengaluru, Sep 16, 2020: 466 people from Dakshina Kannada and 191 people from Udupi tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, September 16, 2020.

Karnataka reported another highest-single-day fresh case of 9,725 COVID-19 infections, the total number of persons infected with COVID-19 surged to 484990 in Karnataka.

According to official sources, the total number of COVID-19 related deaths also spiked to 7536 so far, with the reporting of 70 more persons succumbing to the disease in the last 24-hours.

The sources said that Bengaluru Urban district reported highest 3571 number of cases on Wednesday, followed by Dakshina Kannada 466, Ballari 381, Hassana 308, Uttara Kannada 294, Bagalakote 158, Belagavi 258, Bengaluru Rural 168, Bidar 52, Chamarajanagara 65, Chikkaballapura 149, Chikkamagaluru 171, Chitradurga 227, Davanagere 213, Dharwada 246, Gadaga 108, Haveri 81, Kalaburagi 221, Kodagu 41, Kolara 101, Koppala 152, Mandya 182, Mysuru 748, Raichuru 193, Ramanagara 62, Shivamogga 293, Tumakuru 401, Udupi 191,  Vijayapura 115 and Yadagiri district 109.

The sources also said that in the last 24-hours a total number of 6583 COVID-19 patients, got cured and discharged from various hospitals in the state.

The Health authorities had conducted as many as 70981 COVID-19 tests on Wednesday, including 34336 Rapid Antigen Detection test.