Karnataka for the first time reports over 2,000 COVID cases on single day; 54 deaths reported
Bengaluru: Karnataka on Wednesday reported 2062 fresh cases of Coronavirus, taking the total number of cases reported in the state so far to 28,877. The state also reported 54 deaths due to the deadly virus taking the toll to 416 in the state.
This is the first time the state has reported over 2,000 cases on a single day.
According to the latest health bulletin issued by the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Bengaluru Urban reported 24 deaths, Dharwad 7, Bellary 4, Raichur 3, Hassan 3, Mysuruu 2, Tumkuru 2, Chikkaballapur 2, Vijaypura w and Dakshina Kannada, Bidar, Kalaburagi and Chikkamagaluru reported one death each between Monday 5 pm to Tuesday 5 pm.
Among the Districts that reported new cases on Tuesday are: Bengaluru Urban 1,148, Dakshina Kannada 183, Dharwad 89, Kalaburagi 66, Bellary 59, Mysuru 59, Bengaluru Rural 37, Ramnagar 34, Chikkaballapur 32, Udupi 31, Haveri 31, Bidar 29, Belagavi 27, Hassan 26, Tumkuru 24, Bagalkote 24, Chikkamagaluru 23, Mandya 20, Uttara Kannada 19, Davangere 18, Raichur 17, Shivmoga 17, Kolar 16, Yadgiri 11, Koppal 11, Gadag 5, Vijaypura 4, and Chitradurga 2.
Of the 28,877 cases reported so far in the District, 11,876 patients have recovered and have been discharged from hospitals including 778 on Tuesday. 470 patients have succumbed to the virus while there are 16,527 active cases in the state currently, the bulletin added.
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5-year-old girl in Kerala dies of infection caused by brain-eating amoeba
Malappuram (Kerala): A five-year-old girl afflicted by amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare brain infection caused by a free-living amoeba found in contaminated waters, in Malappuram district of Kerala died, official sources said on Tuesday.
The child hailing from Moonniyur panchayat here died on Monday night at the Kozhikode Medical College's Institute of Maternal and Child Health, where she was undergoing treatment for over a week, they said.
According to medical experts, the infection is caused when free-living, non-parasitic amoebae bacteria enter the body through the nose from contaminated water.
The girl had taken bath in a nearby pond on May 1 and by May 10, and showed symptoms of fever, headache and vomiting, the sources said.
The child was on a ventilator and unresponsive to medication. Other children who also took bath along with the girl in the same pond were under observation. However, they were discharged after being found to be free of infection, sources added.
The disease was earlier reported in coastal Alappuzha district in the state in 2023 and 2017.
The main symptoms of the disease are fever, headache, vomiting, and seizures.
