COVID-19: 10 Maha returnees, 1 Guj returnee test positive in DK; state toll rises to 2,405

Mangaluru: 122 new cases of COVID-19 were detected in the state including eleven news cases in Dakshina Kannada on Wednesday, May 27 taking the state toll to 2,405.

Out of the eleven cases reported today, ten are Maharashtra returnees including three men aged 39, 22; five women aged 36, 59, 17, 45 and 37, and two children aged 11 and 3. A 22-old-man who returned from Gujrat tested positive today.

Of the 122 new cases, 108 are returnees from neighboring Maharashtra, three from Tamil Nadu, and one each from Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, and Delhi.

While two are returnees from foreign countries- one each from UAE and Nepal.

Remaining four cases are the contact of patients earlier tested positive. Among the districts where new cases were reported, Kalaburagi accounted for 28, Yadgiri 16, Hassan 15, Bidar 13, Dakshina Kannada 11, Udupi 9, Bengaluru Urban 6, five each from Uttara Kannada and Raichur, Belagavi 4, Chikkamagaluru 3, two each from Bengaluru Rural and Vijayapura, and one each from Ballari, Mandya and Tumakuru.