Mangaluru: 10 children, 6 pregnant women among 30 who tested positive for COVID-19 in DK on Saturday
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District on Saturday reported 30 fresh cases of Coronavirus which has taken the total toll of the number of infected patients in the District to 271.
Among the 30 people who tested positive for the virus on Saturday, 25 returned from Saudi Arabia and are at quarantine centers. The other five returned from Maharashtra.
However, in what has come as unwelcoming news, a majority of the infected patients who tested positive on Saturday, are children and pregnant women. With people who returned from Saudi Arabia testing positive for the virus, the District Administration has been brought on toes as more than 300 people have arrived in the District from Saudi in the last one week and are at quarantine centers.
On Saturday, three infants aged one year, two infants aged two years and four-year-old two girl child tested positive for the virus. Seven children aged below five years have tested positive. Along with this, three other children aged below 14 years have also tested positive.
Six pregnant women have also tested positive for the virus.
A total of 196 reports of swab samples arrived, of which 30 returned as positive and 166 returned negative for the virus. The District administration has sent 258 more samples for testing on Saturday.
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M'luru: School physical education teacher’s body found under mysterious circumstances in well
Ullal: The body of a 51-year-old physical education teacher was found in a well at his residence in Kondana, under the limits of Kotekar town, on Friday evening.
The deceased has been identified as Prabhakar Jogi, who was serving as a physical education teacher at the Government School in Kallarakodi, Naringana village. Police suspect that he may have died by suicide, allegedly due to health-related issues.
According to police, Prabhakar had dropped his daughter at Uchila School earlier in the day for the school anniversary programme and returned home.
He was later preparing to attend the same event along with his wife and son, when he suddenly went missing. A search was launched by family members, following which his body was found in the well located at his house.
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Police said that Prabhakar Jogi was reportedly suffering from a neurological disorder. He had served in several schools across Ullal taluk and was actively involved in organisations of physical education teachers.
Ullal police visited the spot, conducted an inspection and sent the body for post-mortem examination.
In his complaint to the police, Prabhakar’s son, Sai Tejas, stated that his father had jumped into the well and that there was no suspicion surrounding the death.
Based on the complaint, a case has been registered and further investigation is underway.
