Two COVID-19 deaths in Karnataka,toll now 35; 28 positive cases take count to 987

With two more deaths, COVID-19

related fatalities rose to 35 in Karnataka and 28 new positive cases were confirmed, taking the total number of infections to 987, as the state tested over 7,000 samples on Thursday.

"...the number of samples tested today, is highest so far.

We have tested 7,195 samples," Minister S Suresh Kumar, who is the spokesperson for COVID-19 in Karnataka, told reporters.

A total of 1,28,373 samples were tested, out of which 7,195 were tested on Thursday alone. So far 1,26,766 samples have reported negative, 7,097 today,he said.

The state, which recently crossed the milestone of one lakh COVID-19 tests, plans to boost its testing capacity with 60 labs by end of this month and to conduct 10,000 tests per day.

 

"As of 6:00 PM on May 14, cumulatively 987 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 35 deaths and 460 discharges," the health department said in its bulletin.

Out of 491 active cases, 482 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and are stable, while nine are in ICU.

Nine patients have been discharged on Thursday.

The two deceased include a 80-year-old woman from Dakshina Kannada who got admitted to a private hospital with complaint of stroke.

As she tested positive for COVID-19, she was shifted to the ICU of a designated hospital in the district on April 26 and died today due to septic shock.

Also, a 60-year-old man from Ananthapur in Andhra Pradesh, admitted to a dedicated hospital in Bengaluru Urban with features of severe pneumonia, among others, died today due to cardiac arrest.

The 28 new cases include seven from Bidar, five each from Mandya and Bengaluru urban, four from Gadag, three from Davangere, two from Kalaburagi, and one each from Belagavi and Bagalkote.

Among the new cases, five are children.

From across the state most number of infections have been reported in Bengaluru urban with 189 cases, followed by Belagavi 114, Mysuru and Davangere 88.

Out of total 460 patients discharged, maximum 97 are from Bengaluru urban, 86 from Mysuru, 46 from Kalaburagi.