Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada district reported 8 Covid deaths in the last two days and the toll crossed 100-mark. The district has recorded 107 Covid-19 deaths till now.

Deputy Commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh on Friday said a 44-year-old man from Mangaluru with the symptoms of respiratory failure, ARDS, AKI MODS hypertension, was admitted to a private hospital on July 19 and died on July 22. His throat swab tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday.

A 56-year-old man from Mangaluru, who was suffering from urinary tract infection, MODS-septic shock, type II diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, systematic hypertension and IHD, also tested positive for Covid-19 and died on July 23.

A 67-year-old man from Bhadravathi in Shivamogga, who was admitted to Wenlock Hospital on July 13, was suffering from pneumonia and respiratory infection and died on July 23. He too was tested positive for Covid-19.

A 42-year-old man from Bantwal suffering from type 1 respiratory failure, urosepsis and uncontrolled type 2 diabetes died in a private hospital on July 23.

A 67-year-old man from Bhadravathi suffering from acute myocardial infarction, uncontrolled type 2 diabetes and systematic hypertension too died on July 23 in a private hospital.

A 75-year-old woman from Mangaluru suffering from COPD with type 2 respiratory failure and multi-organ dysfunction syndrome with septic shock died in a private hospital after testing positive for Covid-19.

A 65-year-old woman from Mangaluru, who was suffering from BP and diabetes, was admitted to a private hospital on July 13 and died on July 23. A 61-year-old woman from Puttur, who was suffering from diabetes mellitus and hypertension and was undergoing treatment at a private hospital, died on July 23.

180 fresh cases

The Covid-19 graph slightly moved downward with the recording of 180 fresh cases, including four police personnel from Puttur police station. Of the positive cases, 56 are the primary contacts of the infected persons, 68 are suffering from Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) and 10 with the symptoms of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI).

The contacts of 45 persons who tested positive are being traced. One person with international travel history has also been tested positive.

A total of 125 persons recovered and were discharged from hospitals, thus taking the tally of the total discharges to 1987.