Udupi district reports first death due to 'Black Fungus'; 76-year-old woman succumbs to infection
Udupi: The district on Saturday reported its first death due to the ‘black fungus’ also known as mucormycosis. The number of infection in COVID patients has significantly increased over the past few weeks and Udupi reported first death due to the infection in the district on Saturday.
The deceased 76-year-old woman was being treated at Adarsha Hospital in the city after testing positive for COVID and was on ventilator reports said. The woman breathed her last on Saturday at the hospital. She was a resident of Santekatte in the district.
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Adarsha Hospital is treating another patient with the black fungus. The patient is said to be a 45-year-old resident of Padubidri.
The seven patients from other districts who were admitted to KMC Manipal hospital in Manipal recovered from the infection and were discharged from the hospital on Saturday. The patients were residents of Hubballi, Davangere, Koppal, Chitdradurga, Dharwad, Ranibennur and Harihar. It included five women and two men who were discharged today.
Another patient from another district was admitted to KMC hospital on Saturday with black fungus. With this, the district currently has two active cases of infection.
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Senior Congress MLA, former Minister Shamanuru Shivashankarappa passes away
Bengaluru (PTI): Veteran Congress leader Shamanuru Shivashankarappa passed away at a private hospital here on Sunday due to age-related ailments, official sources said.
He was 95 and represented the Davanagere South Assembly constituency. He had been undergoing treatment at the hospital for some time.
Shivashankarappa is survived by three sons, including S S Mallikarjun, Karnataka Minister for Mines and Geology and Horticulture, and four daughters.
His daughter-in-law, Prabha Mallikarjun, is the Member of Parliament from Davanagere.
A former minister, Shivashankarappa, served as treasurer of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) for several decades and was the president of the All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha, the apex body of the influential Veerashaiva-Lingayat community.
He was also a noted educationist who established several educational institutions and was an industrialist.
