Date: 28-12-2020 Page 1 of 10

GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE

NOVEL CORONA VIRUS (COVID-19)

MEDIA BULLETIN

DATE: 28-12-2020

The first case of Novel Corona Virus infection, which has caused a pandemic

resulting in catastrophic health implications and human miseries throughout the

globe, was detected in state on 08.03.2020. It was a case of international traveler

returning to Bengaluru Urban. Since then, the state has relied on 5Ts of tracing,

testing, tracking, treatment and technology to tackle COVID-19. A robust

surveillance system with elaborate contingency plan is in place for limiting the

spread of the disease.

1 Today’s Discharges 1178 2 Total Discharges 892273 3 New Cases Reported (27.12.2020, 00:00 to 23:59) 653 4 Total Active Cases 12547 5 New Covid Deaths 8 6 Total Covid Deaths 12070 7 Death of Covid Positive Patient due to Non-Covid cause 19 8 Total Positive Cases 916909 9 Admitted in ICU (among total active cases) 205

10 Positivity rate for the day (27.12.2020, 00:00 to 23:59) 0.96% 11 Case fatality rate (CFR) for the day (27.12.2020, 00:00 to 23:59) 1.22%

*Date: From 25-12-2020 to 27-12-2020.

Particulars Today’s Cumulative

A Total Passengers screened at Air ports 1689 267303

B Number of international passengers arrived from UK - 2127

C

Contacts traced in the last 14 days

Primary

Secondary 76097 85805

D Persons in Home Quarantine in the last 07 days 27009

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LABORATORY DATA

UK Passengers Test done details

Date

RT- PCR &

Other

methods

Positives Negatives Report

Awaited

Today 179 1 120 58

Cumulative

Total

(Till Today) 1766 27 1384 355

42 (35%) 78

(65%)

RT-PCR LABORATORIES IN KARNATAKA

GOVERNMENT LABS

PRIVATE LABS

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Districtwise Abstract of COVID-19**

Sl. No

District Name Today’s

Positives

Total

Positives

Today’s Discharges

Total

Discharges

Total Active Cases

Today’s Reported

Covid Deaths

Total Covid

Deaths

Death due to Non-Covid

reasons

1 Bagalakote 0 13656 7 13502 18 0 136 0

2 Ballari 13 38821 29 38011 213 1 597 0 3 Belagavi 12 26205 22 25657 206 0 342 0 4 Bengaluru Rural 10 18224 24 17778 294 0 152 0

5 Bengaluru Urban 309 386908 654 374378 8225 5 4304 1

6 Bidar 1 7243 6 7006 62 0 171 4

7 Chamarajanagara 8 6750 11 6529 91 0 119 11

8 Chikkaballapura 28 12903 29 12568 218 0 116 1

9 Chikkamagaluru 12 13661 7 13405 117 0 139 0 10 Chitradurga 10 14224 10 13993 163 0 68 0 11 Dakshina Kannada 8 32783 37 31744 303 0 734 2

12 Davanagere 4 21991 12 21612 115 0 264 0

13 Dharwada 12 21830 17 21105 118 0 607 0

14 Gadag 1 10902 6 10727 34 0 141 0

15 Hassana 9 27944 15 27303 248 0 393 0

16 Haveri 1 10953 4 10740 23 0 190 0

17 Kalaburagi 14 21043 17 20489 231 0 323 0

18 Kodagu 27 5709 12 5550 88 1 71 0

19 Kolara 7 9662 9 9374 112 0 176 0

20 Koppala 4 13864 10 13512 73 0 279 0

21 Mandya 26 19386 30 19084 155 0 147 0

22 Mysuru 63 52289 88 50772 507 0 1010 0

23 Raichuru 5 14153 9 13914 81 0 158 0 24 Ramanagara 0 7372 3 7260 36 0 76 0 25 Shivamogga 17 21998 18 21444 206 0 348 0 26 Tumakuru 20 24441 51 23731 333 0 377 0

27 Udupi 14 23021 8 22767 66 0 188 0 28 Uttara Kannada 8 14207 13 13934 97 1 176 0 29 Vijayapura 9 14158 14 13868 86 0 204 0 30 Yadagiri 1 10572 6 10483 28 0 61 0

31 Others* 0 36 0 33 0 0 3 0

Total 653 916909 1178 892273 12547 8 12070 19

*Others include Cases of other States and International Quarantined Passengers.

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Programmatic Updates

Fever Clinic Report (held on 27.12.2020)

Fever Clinics

No. of Fever Clinics operationalized

No. of persons screened

Cumulative persons screened

BBMP 150 2319 633316

Private 69 215 200375

State* 630 4533 3346131

*Fever Clinics including PHCs, UPHCs, CHCs, THs and DHs.

Mental Health Counselling Data (held on 27.12.2020)

No of patients counselled Cumulative No of patients

counselled

842 944560

01 Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Government of India, has issued circular with Standard Operating

Procedures (SOP) and Guidelines for organising sports competition in the country during the prevailing

COVID-19 situation.

F.No.J-17011/42/2020-SP.V Dated: 26-12-2020.

02 Government of Karnataka has launched final version of application KSRSAC KGIS Health Watch – Citizens

Health Survey APP http://kgis.ksrsac.in/coviddashboard

03 Appeal to Doctors has been issued by Hon’ble Chief Minister to give missed call to 080-47192219 or signup

at http://forms.gle/TP-bU7eZgazdxG9gS9to volunteer for COVID-19 Tele-Medicine facility and to help the

Government.

04 “Corona Watch” Mobile AP-P- can be downloaded from https://covid19.karnataka.gov.in In this app you can see

the spots visited by Positive Patients up to 14 days Prior to testing Positive. Also, it shows the nearest First

Respondent Hospitals and Helpline numbers.

05 During the COVID-19 lockdown period, for assisting public on fever, cold, cough & respiratory

Problems a unique helpline Number 14410 called “Apthamitra” has been started by Government of

Karnataka.

06 To know the Result of the Covid test using SRF ID, please log-on to the following link-

https://www.covidwar.karnataka.gov.in/service1

210 lines have been reserved for receiving calls of COVID-19. On 27.12.2020, 3930 calls have been received.

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Appeal to Public: Any person who has returned from COVID-19 affected Country or has been in

personal contact with such person must remain in Home Isolation for 14 days from arrival in India irrespective of having any symptoms or not. Also, should self-notify to nearest Government Hospital or free call “Aptamitra” Helpline 14410. Maintain Personal hygiene, use tissue Paper/handkerchief while coughing or sneezing, frequently wash hands with soap and water or use hand sanitizer and avoid attending mass social gatherings.

Help us to Help you----------Stay Home, Be Safe

Let us fight COVID-19 together

Helpline numbers 9745697456, 080–46848600, 080 – 66692000 &14410 “Aptamitra”helpline

All the Guidelines and Advisories are available at State Health and Family Welfare Department Website: https://karunadu.karnataka.gov.in/hfw/kannada/Pages/covid-19.aspx

Govt. of Karnataka Official COVID-19 Information Website:

http://covid19.karnataka.gov.in

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Annexure – 1

Today’s Discharges Sl. No

District Name Total Patient Number*

1 Bagalakote 7 921689 921690 921825 921826 921827 921828 921904 922289 925891 925895 925896 925897 925898 925899

2 Ballari 29 913792 914639 914882 915223 919565 919619 919709 919710 919832 920043 920230 920759 920863 920865 920866 920867 920868 921075 921198 921199 921200 921351 921353 921407 921408 921580 921691 921830 921405

3 Belagavi 22 918480 918584 918585 918695 918777 918778 918779 918882 918883 918991 919329 919375 919376 919377 919378 919379 919380 919381 919382 919383 919384 919385

4 Bengaluru Rural 24 914646 916137 916215 916463 916465 916481 916515 916715 917050 917102 917104 917105 917110 917145 917345 917377 917395 917466 917477 917534 917636 917638 917639 917640

5 Bengaluru Urban 654 884945 887393 887657 888377 888378 894269 895003 900716 901729 901932 901935 902138 902160 902162 902216 902470 902474 902749 902756 903028 903038 903042 903056 903117 903118 903139 903186 903207 903234 903296 903439 903546 903549 903610 903759 903892 903949 903981 903990 904078 904086 904170 904197 904199 904282 904304 904322 904331 904382 904549 904613 904647 904655 904869 905027 905135 905178 905197 905298 905413 905432 905445 905450 905465 905555 905570 905657 905661 905679 905873 905886 905953 905999 906054 906080 906142 906154 906177 906232 906237 906296 906298 906398 906473 906478 906515 906517 906519 906532 906539 906588 906590 906658 906665 906766 906788 906800 906814 906882 906934 906943 907048 907064 907119 907230 907233 907234 907237 907260 907317 907319 907320 907331 907365 907468 907506 907510 907539 907620 907648 907692 907700 907717 907730 907875 907976 907988 908110 908118 908238 908300 908311 908319 908425 908500 908544 908610 908629 908633 908685 908703 908748 908771 908861 908862 908865 908881 908970 908987 909008 909064 909213 909316 909338 909344 909361 909378 909567 909575 909640 909651 909667 909675 909676 909772 909827 909839 909840 909858 909876 909955 910019 910129 910142 910162 910186 910242 910263 910355 910367 910373 910384 910426 910445 910475 910540 910557 910570 910717 910734 910783 910793 910803 910819 910832 910835 910840 910944 910959 910975 911072 911091 911104 911157 911199 911222 911240 911332 911384 911520 911593 911604 911607 911611 911615 911635 911720 911817 911826 911876 911887 911903 911913 911928 911997 912133 912186 912193 912216 912269 912290 912343 912406 912469 912520 912555 912612 912668 912680 912685 912739 912770 912780 912835 912849 912984 912998 913010 913019 913036 913087 913103 913120 913216 913234 913245 913261 913333 913339 913362 913367 913403 913418 913507 913578 913596 913642 913658 913680 913687 913739 913752 913802 913807 913813 913904 913932 913936 913940 913947 913973 913975 913976 913983 913989 913993 913995 914055 914057 914060 914070 914077 914105 914123 914177 914188 914208 914212 914224 914330 914333 914345 914353 914360 914375 914464 914468 914472 914484 914490 914493 914496 914502 914515 914592 914694 914793 914973 914982 914992 914994 915001 915116 915177 915187 915193 915366 915400 915421 915481 915523 915525 915527 915559 915585 915678 915712 915726 915732 915734 915761 915807 915877 915897 915902 915904 915906 915932 915934 915940 916049 916071 916088 916093 916098 916099 916141 916145 916219 916226 916241 916282 916293 916301 916313 916386 916475 916501 916512 916553 916554 916555 916568 916642 916658 916670 916679 916682 916683

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916684 916687 916726 916743 916748 916749 916760 916794 916797 916800 916851 916869 916897 916898 916899 916940 916958 916962 916976 916990 916991 917019 917023 917052 917061 917065 917069 917076 917077 917078 917124 917125 917129 917132 917142 917144 917147 917149 917155 917166 917179 917183 917190 917192 917196 917202 917206 917207 917213 917214 917216 917223 917227 917230 917231 917237 917241 917348 917351 917362 917363 917369 917385 917400 917471 917472 917475 917481 917542 917546 917547 917570 917584 917588 917593 917594 917663 917669 917675 917699 917701 917702 917703 917704 917705 917707 917709 917711 917712 917713 917715 917717 917721 917722 917727 917730 917734 917735 917736 917737 917738 917739 917740 917799 917808 917812 917819 917825 917828 917829 917886 917892 917896 917898 917912 917922 917925 917927 917971 917983 917984 917985 917986 917987 918052 918053 918057 918064 918066 918073 918074 918138 918161 918162 918167 918174 918176 918211 918216 918230 918231 918252 918272 918275 918277 918453 918485 918490 918517 918528 918532 918538 918542 918602 918618 918637 918644 918699 918701 918710 918713 918720 918724 918725 918789 918798 918813 918821 918897 918908 918911 918913 918914 918924 919007 919009 919162 919177 919188 919198 919276 919331 919333 919342 919343 919346 918601 918608 919472 919480 919521 919522 919524 919525 919530 919531 919532 919548 919623 919629 919635 919644 919662 919718 919733 919743 919748 919750 919752 919754 919766 919846 919875 919883 919975 919985 920067 920069 920076 920106 920115 920137 920145 920149 920150 920154 920164 920167 920171 920174 920240 920241 920267 920273 920274 920311 920338 920339 920340 920341 920343 920344 920345 920346 920347 920348 920351 920409 920425 920427 920436 920437 920440 920441 920445 920448 920499 920515 920523 920527 920584 920587 920595 920602 920643 920649 920652 920657 920658 920736 920741 921386 921443 921501 922763

6 Bidar 6 918029 918478 920100 921573 921574 921576

7 Chamarajanagara 11 915124 923189 923412 923413 923414 923415 923416 923417 923418 923419 923420

8 Chikkaballapura 29 920824 920825 920945 920949 922457 923426 923432 923436 923969 924049 924053 924056 924061 924062 924066 924070 924071 924181 924182 924454 924457 924459 924460 924640 924686 924934 923968 925548 925682

9 Chikkamagaluru 7 889713 908820 901289 920951 921230 921955 921956

10 Chitradurga 10 919356 921922 921923 921938 921982 921983 922629 922858 922859 922139

11 Dakshina Kannada 37 874028 917258 918548 918739 918849 918956 917841 919554 919608 919673 919789 919790 919791 919793 919794 919903 919904 919905 919906 919907 919908 919910 919911 920080 920081 920186 920187 920188 920189 920190 920281 920282 920468 920469 920470 920471 920473

12 Davanagere 12 920781 920835 920958 921147 921148 921233 921391 921392 921393 921394 921538 921539

13 Dharwada 17 921151 921152 921155 921157 921475 922378 922774 923372 923373 923374 923375 923376 923377 923661 924074 924075 925173

14 Gadag 6 922556 923225 923525 923526 924199 924810

15 Hassana 15 920782 920836 920837 920962 920964 921159 921160 921161 921162 921163 921164 921478 921540 921811 921812

16 Haveri 4 920965 920966 920967 921167

17 Kalaburagi 17 919808 919809 919926 920084 920198 920200 920285 920286 920399 920544 920546 920547 920548 920549 920550 920551 921779

18 Kodagu 12 918855 922262 922379 923445 923663 923810 923811 923802 923803 924204 924584 928121

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19 Kolara 9 924404 924405 924406 924407 925082 925122 925359 925601 925839

20 Koppala 10 915989 918010 918292 918293 918564 919215 919485 919486 920201 920004

21 Mandya 30 915790 917518 921174 921250 921238 921239 921330 921813 922060 922061 922062 922063 922386 922387 922392 922393 922394 922398 922401 922909 923157 922399 923158 923159 923160 923161 923162 923199 920008 920011

22 Mysuru 88 914965 915136 915214 915447 915448 915449 915501 915552 915757 915758 915138 915994 915995 916810 916826 916828 916202 916454 916816 917091 917305 917622 917625 917626 917627 918188 918196 918202 916266 917619 921968 921969 921970 921971 921973 921967 922136 922137 922266 922270 922271 922272 922474 922640 922641 922642 922874 922875 922876 922877 922948 923007 923008 923012 923013 923015 923018 923019 923020 923021 923022 923024 923026 923027 923030 923031 923032 923034 923035 923037 923038 923039 923040 923041 923042 923091 923093 918013 918154 918198 922566 922741 922793 923009 923014 923036 922000 923033

23 Raichuru 9 919614 919690 920092 920303 920402 920488 920489 920556 920557

24 Ramanagara 3 911405 920977 921076

25 Shivamogga 18 919498 919563 919816 919940 919941 919942 920036 920037 920214 920215 919562 919616 919617 919694 919695 919696 919817 919943

26 Tumakuru 51 918238 918240 918262 918264 918263 918295 918296 918297 918298 918300 918301 918390 918391 918392 918393 918394 918397 918426 918467 918468 918470 918471 918472 918473 918475 918476 918571 918572 918573 918574 918575 918576 918577 918579 918683 918684 918776 918879 918937 918975 918995 919061 919228 919229 919230 919232 918299 918578 918775 919231 918880

27 Udupi 8 920790 920862 920988 921260 921261 921262 921570 921901

28 Uttara Kannada 13 921081 922648 922883 923047 924417 924504 925413 925414 925415 925416 925418 925421 926614

29 Vijayapura 14 921689 921690 921825 921826 921827 921828 921904 922289 925891 925895 925896 925897 925898 925899

30 Yadagiri 6 919825 920096 920097 920226 920571 920572

Total 1178

* Patient numbers are State P Code.

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Annexure – 2

Today’s Reported COVID-19 Deaths: 08

Sl. No

District State P No.

Age in Years

Sex Description

Symptoms Co-

Morbidities

DOA DOD Place of Death

1 Bengaluru

Urban 916066 70 M SARI

Fever, Breathlessness

DM, HTN

20-12-2020 26-12-2020 Designated

Hospital

2 Bengaluru

Urban 920929 45 M SARI

Fever, Breathlessness

- 22-12-2020 25-12-2020 Designated

Hospital

3 Ballari 923204 52 M SARI Fever,

Breathlessness TB 20-12-2020 23-12-2020

Designated Hospital

4 Bengaluru

Urban 924871 65 M SARI Breathlessness HTN 23-12-2020 26-12-2020

Private Hospital

5 Kodagu 927405 65 F SARI Breathlessness DM, HTN, CKD

25-12-2020 25-12-2020 Designated

Hospital

6 Bengaluru

Urban 928429 70 F SARI

Fever, Breathlessness

DM, HTN

25-12-2020 26-12-2020 Designated

Hospital

7 Uttara Kannada 929505 60 M SARI Fever,

Breathlessness HTN 22-12-2020 25-12-2020

Private Hospital

8 Bengaluru

Urban 929645 71 M SARI Breathlessness

DM, HTN

26-12-2020 27-12-2020 Private

Hospital

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Annexure – 3

ICU Details

Sl.No. Districts Total

1 Bagalakote 2

2 Ballari 6

3 Belagavi 5

4 Bengaluru Rural 5

5 Bengaluru Urban 93

6 Bidar 6

7 Chamarajanagara 3

8 Chikkaballapura 0

9 Chikkamagaluru 0

10 Chitradurga 0

11 Dakshina Kannada 3

12 Davanagere 1

13 Dharwada 5

14 Gadag 6

15 Hassana 9

16 Haveri 0

17 Kalaburagi 11

18 Kodagu 4

19 Kolara 9

20 Koppala 0

21 Mandya 8

22 Mysuru 6

23 Raichuru 1

24 Ramanagara 0

25 Shivamogga 2

26 Tumakuru 10

27 Udupi 1

28 Uttara Kannada 5

29 Vijayapura 4

30 Yadagiri 0

Total 205