: With two more corona related deaths, the toll has risen to 33 in Karnataka, where 34 new positive cases were confirmed, taking the total number of infections to 959, the government said on Monday, as it tried to ensure that hospitals, nursing homes and clinics provide treatment for non COVID patients.
"The Health Minister held an important meeting with representatives of the Indian Medical Association and various other related associations following grievances that hospitals, nursing homes and clinics were not providing treatment to non-COVID patients.
Following the meeting they decided to open from tomorrow and go ahead with treating patients," Minister S Suresh Kumar, who is spokesperson for COVID-19 in Karnataka, told reporters.
The Health Minister, during the meeting, also tried to resolve various issues raised by these associations, he said.
"As of 5:00 PM of May 13, cumulatively 959 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state. It includes 33 deaths and 451 discharges," the department said in its bulletin.
Out of the 474 active cases, 464 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and are stable, while 10 are in Intensive Care Units.
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Eighteen patients who recovered were discharged on Wednesday.
The two deceased include a 60-year-old man from a containment zone in Kalaburagi and a 58-year-old woman from Dakshina Kannada.
The man was brought dead on May 11 to a designated hospital in the district, where he tested positive for COVID- 19
The woman was suffering from Tuberculosis Meningitis with Disseminated Tuberculosis.
She was earlier admitted to a private hospital on April 28 and shifted to the ICU at a designated hospital on confirming to be COVID-19 positive.
The patient died today.
The 34 new cases include 12 from Bidar, eight from Kalaburagi, four from Hassan, two each from Uttara Kannada, Davangere, Bengaluru urban and Vijayapura, and one each from Ballari and Dakshina Kannada.
Among the new cases, 12 are from a containment zone in Bidar, 10 are contacts of patients already tested positive and seven have a travel history to Maharashtra.
The others include one each from a containment zone in Kalaburagi, a travel history to Guntur in Andhra Pradesh, travel history to London, history of SARI (Severe Acute Respiratory Illness), while another person's contact is being traced.
Contact tracing has been initiated and is in progress for all the cases, the department said.
Interestingly, among the cases was a nurse from Bengaluru urban and the other, a person who returned from London a couple of days ago.
Responding to a question about the protective gear given to nurses, Minister Kumar said there is no need to have any doubts about the quality of PPE provided and there is no compromise on it.
"We are tracing how she got infected," he said.
From across the state, the most number of infections have been reported in Bengaluru urban with 184, followed by Belagavi with 113 and Mysuru, 88.
Out of the total of 451 patients discharged so far, the maximum of 95 are from Bengaluru urban, 84 from Mysuru and 44 from Kalaburagi.
A total of 1,21,178 samples have been tested so far, out of which 4,645 were tested on Wednesday alone, the health department said in its bulletin.
It said, so far 1,19,420 samples reported as negative, of which 4,574 reported negative on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Family Welfare has issued the corrigendum on Standard Operating Procedure for International Passengers/Domestic Travelers Quarantine.
It provides relaxation to certain categories of passengers like pregnant women, children below 10 years, senior citizens above 80 years and terminally ill from institutional quarantine.
"These categories of people will remain in home quarantine. Once they come they will be tested and those found asymptomatic will be stamped and sent home," the Minister said detailing about the corrigendum.
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