Udupi: In what has taken the total number of death due to COVID-19 in Udupi District, a 59-year-old man succumbed to the virus on Thursday at Dr. TMA Pai Hospital here.

Mangaluru: Seven more patients being treated at private and government hospitals in the city succumbed to the virus on Thursday. With this, the district has neared the three-figure mark in total fatalities due to the virus. The total number of deaths in the district currently stands at 99.

Moodbidri: Authorities on Wednesday night sealed down Moodbidri Police Station after five of the police personnel posted at the station tested positive for Coronavirus.

Mangaluru/Bhatkal: Local businessman and philanthropist Muzaffar Kola passed away in a private hospital in Mangaluru on Wednesday evening.

Bhatkal: Following the instruction from Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa to District Administrations across the state of not extending lockdown in any part, Uttara Kannada District Administration on Wednesday lifted the partial lockdown in Bhatkal.

In view of the seriousness of stranded NRI Kannadigas in UAE due to the prevailing COVID 19 Lock Down, and to support the thousands of Stranded NRI Kannadigas in UAE who are desperate to fly India, The prestigious Thumbay Group and Bearys Cultural   Forum (BCF ) Trust, Mangalore is arranging few flights to Mangalore from UAE.

Udupi: Following the orders of District Administration, restrictions over district borders has been eased, fewer private and State-run buses have begun operation inside the city from today.

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada on Tuesday reported five COVID-19 related deaths and 149 fresh cases of the virus. With five new deaths, the toll of fatalities in the district has climbed up to 87 including 15 patients from other districts who breathed their last in DK.