With a 67-year-old woman from
Bantwal testing positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, the number of cases recorded in Dakshina Kannada district has gone up to 16.
District health authorities said the new patient was the immediate neighbour of a 50-year-old woman who died of coronavirus here on Sunday.
The district now has three active cases of coronavirus under treatment at the Wenlock hospital here.
Of the 48 results received Tuesday, only one tested positive.
Results of 429 samples are awaited.
A total of 21 people have been admitted to hospital for observation.
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No new case of COVID-19 was reported from Udupi district.
The two results received Tuesday were negative.
Reports on 76 more samples are awaited.
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