A total of 3,336 Indians in 53 countries were infected by the coronavirus while 25 lost their lives due to the disease, government sources said on Thursday.
A 19-year old young food delivery agent working for a restaurant has tested positive for the deadly coronavirus creating sense of panic among 72 families who have been asked to quarantine.
A person has been booked for allegedly entering the Dakshina Kannada district illegally during the lockdown period, police sources said.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday strongly pitched for aggressively expanding coronavirus testing across the country and adopting it as a "strategic" instrument to "defeat" the pandemic.
A 66-year old man from the city, became the thirteenth COVID-19 related fatality in Karnataka, where 34 new positive cases have been confirmed, taking the total number of infections in the state to 313, the Health Department said on Thursday.
Mangaluru: In a reported incident from near Nethravathi Bridge here in the city an abandoned car was found on NH 66 near the bride on late Wednesday night with its driver missing from the scene.
Mangaluru: Amidst the pressure of controlling the spread of COVID-19 in the city limits, Mangaluru City Corporation Mayor and other senior officials visited the Thumbay Dam and took stock of the water as the summer season has hit the Coastal Karnataka.
China on Thursday dispatched 650,000 coronavirus medical kits to India to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic, Indian Ambassador to Beijing Vikram Misri said.
The death toll due to coronavirus rose to 414 and the number of cases to 12,380 in the country on Thursday, according to the Union Health Ministry.
A 66-year old man from the city, became the thirteenth COVID-19 related fatality in Karnataka, Health Department officials said on Thursday.
