The K S Hegde charitable hospital of Nitte (deemed to be university) at Deralakatte here has been given the nod by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to conduct Covid-19 RT-PCR testing.

Udupi, May 24: The district recorded as many as 23 cases of Corona infection on Sunday, including three police staff members and a pregnant woman, said Dr Sudhirchandra Sood, District Health and Family Welfare Officer.

Vittla, May 24: A police constable in Dakshina Kannada district has also been tested positive for COVID-19 and it is learned that he had come in the contact with a man who arrived from Mumbai.

Chikkamagaluru, May 24: A 53-year-old man, who was in quarantine, committed suicide by at the COVID Hospital here on Sunday.

Udupi: Four police stations in Karkala Taluk have reportedly been sealed down after two policemen infected with coronavirus.

Mangaluru: Members of the Muslim community in Karavali celebrated the Eid-ul-Fitr on a low-key on Sunday amid Covid-19 lockdown and government orders.

Padubidri: The case of Jharkhand-based labourer's death, whose body was found in a manhole near Hejamadi on Friday, has now taken a new turn, with police investigations revealing new details about the case.

Mangaluru: The Kinz Foundation , led by Althaf Ullal Saqco, a prominent Non-Resident Indian businessman in Jubail, has distributed more than 6000 grocery kits to people of all communities across the Dakshina Kannada District since the Lockdown was imposed, a release from the organisation said.