Suspected COVID-19: Five including woman, admitted to Udupi hospital
Udupi: Five suspected COVID-19 patients, including a woman, have been admitted to Udupi district hospital on Tuesday amid a rapid spread of Novel Coronavirus across the country.
“The five have been added to the isolation ward, which is opened in the district hospital for coronavirus suspects, and they are being treated" said Dr. Sudhir Chandrachud, District Health and Family Welfare Officer.
“Three out of five people admitted for suspected infection have returned from Dubai and they are suffering from fever and cough. Another has returned from Qatar and has been hospitalized over headaches and fever complaints. The woman, who returned from Kuwait, has been admitted to test for coronavirus as she is suffering from cough and throat pain”, he said.
Their throat swabs have been sent to Shivamogga laboratory. The report is expected tomorrow, he said. Three of the five patients who were examined today are from Kundapur Taluk and two are from Kapu Taluk.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
