Udupi, May 17: A 44-year-old man from Bannanje in Udupi district died of heart attack on Saturday at the district hospital.

 Two more corona positive cases have been confirmed in the Dakshina Kannada on Sunday. With this, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the district has reached 52. Of these 46 patients were from Dakshina Kannada, four from Kasargod and one each from Karkala and Bhatkal.

Udupi: In what is reportedly the first case of COVID-19 death in Udupi District, a man who arrived in the District from Mumbai, Maharashtra has succumbed to the virus at the KMC Hospital in Manipal. The person reportedly arrived in the District on May 13 and was sent to quarantine, after he complained of illness the patient was shifted to hospital for treatment.

Mangaluru: Following reports on social media that over 40+ people including hospital staff at AJ Hospital in Mangaluru had tested positive for COVID-19, the hospital has issued a clarification that the reports are baseless and fake and has no truth in it.

Mangaluru: After a series of news reports claimed that a family hailing from Bhatkal on May 11 had hid facts to get treatment for a six-year old kid and had informed the hospital authorities that they hailed from Kundapur, the issue was widely shared and discussed on social media platforms.

 The Kinz Foundation, founded and run by prominent NRI businessman Althaf Ullal Saqco has distributed dinner for two days to over thousand stranded migrant labourers who are now staying at Bantwal Buntara Bhavana here.

Mangaluru: Team B-Human Mangaluru, which is tirelessly engaged in the distribution of Ramazan kits to poor and needy families in various Taluks in the district, distributed the 3rd phase Ramazan Kits to all the families of Renjaladi Jamaat in Puttur Taluk in collaboration with the District NGO Coordination on Friday.

Mangaluru: Former Karnataka Minister and Congress MLA from Ullal, UT Khader has asserted that the Karnataka Government should announce a special package for Indian expats who have lost jobs due to COVID-19 lockdown in Gulf.