KFD Disease:Three more died in Shivamogga district
Two admitted to Manipal hospital
Shivamogga, Jan 15: The death toll due to Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) in various villages under Aralagodu gram panchayat in Sagar taluk has increased to nine with three more deaths in these villages on Sunday and Monday.
Meanwhile, three more persons including Banukuli gram panchayat PDO were tested positive to KFD and among them two have been sent to Manipal hospital for further treatment, health department sources said.
Death
Bhimaraj Basappa (49) of Biligar village in the Aralagodu gram panchayat limits died in the McGann hospital of Shivamogga as he was not responding to the treatment. It is said that he was suffering from KFD virus. He died on Sunday night.
Meanwhile, another woman Savitha Narayan(52) of Vatamakki who was undergoing treatment at Manipal KMC hospital died on Monday evening and another person Halappa (50) of Kanchigai village died at his home.
Recently, he was suffering from fever and got treatment at Sagar hospital and returned home. But on Monday, fever relapsed again and the family members have decided to admit him to Manipal hospital. But in the evening, he died at home, sources said.
Admitted to hospital
However, two more persons Ravikeerthi of Mandavalli and Lakshmidevi of Dombikai in Aralagodu gram panchayat limits were tested positive and after primary treatment at PHC, they were admitted to Manipal hospital, department sources said.
Another person Bhanukuli gram panchayat PDO Mukta V. Mogera who suffered from fever was treated at the primary health centre, sources said.
Carcass found
A carcass of a monkey was found at Islampura in the Achapura gram panchayat limits in Sagar taluk on Tuesday. Health department, Veterinary Department experts visited the spot and verified it. Later, the carcass of the monkey was burnt. Recently, another carcass of a monkey was also found in Iruvakki village.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
