District Minister inspects 530-bed facility along with DC Mysore/Mysuru: A full-fledged COVID Care Centre (CCC) has been established at the Academic Bhavan of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) near Mysore Airport at Mandakalli. The facility has 530 beds and Coronavirus positive patients with mild symptoms will be admitted here. Mysuru District Minister S.T. Somashekar visited…
City Pharmacists told to get ready with COVID-care kits
July 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With a surge in COVID-19 cases in cities like Mumbai and New Delhi, many private hospitals have begun care packages for Coronavirus patients who are in home isolation, offering remote monitoring by nurses and doctors and medical care kits that will help detect if their condition deteriorates. Such medical care kits, prepared by local…
Care centres being readied for COVID-19 infected MCC employees
July 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Days after a Health Section employee tested positive for the deadly COVID-19, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is gearing up for establishing a special care centre for its employees as five of its staff, including a Health Inspector and a case worker, have tested positive. The MCC is also awaiting the Lab reports of…
Mysuru reports 180 COVID-19 positive cases in three days; 69 cases today
July 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: On Wednesday July 8, Mysuru reported 59 COVID-19 positive cases. Yesterday, July 9, 52 positive cases were reported and today, July 10, 69 cases have been reported. Since the last three days, a total of 180 cases have been recorded. With today’s 69 cases, the active cases will go up to 358. The cumulative…
Contact Tracing intensified
July 9, 2020COVID contact tracing teams track 14-day movement of patients through mobile phone call records By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: With COVID-19 cases and fatalities in Karnataka on the rise, the State Government has restructured its strategy to fight the pandemic with enhanced contact tracing, more oxygen beds, Intensive Care Unit (ICU) facilities and ventilators. Many…
Mysuru reports fresh 49 COVID-19 positive cases; 302 active
July 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru reported 49 fresh COVID-19 positive cases this morning taking the total number of infected persons to 638. Total active cases in Mysuru District are 302 and they are being treated at the designated hospitals. Till yesterday, 322 patients have been discharged and yesterday’s patient discharge count stands at 18. In all, 14 persons…
District Administration takes over defunct Vikram Hospital in city
July 8, 2020Reserves facility to provide COVID treatment for VIPs, officials; Instructs MUDA to take up cleaning works; Authority to complete task in three days Mysore/Mysuru: Vikram Jeshta Hospital on Vivekanada Road in Yadavagiri, which is being cleaned by the staff of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) on directions from the Deputy Commissioner (DC) since yesterday, will…
61 fresh COVID-19 positive cases in Mysuru
July 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru reported 61 fresh COVID-19 positive cases today (July 8) and recorded four deaths yesterday. The total number of deaths has now risen to 12. According to the State media bulletin released yesterday, the total positives till last evening stood at 530. With 61 fresh cases, the number will go up to 591. Till…
COVID-infected to be shifted to KSOU extension centre at Mandakalli
July 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With Corona positive cases rising by the day in the district, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar said that new patients will be shifted to KSOU Extension Centre at Mandakalli. Speaking to presspersons here yesterday, Sankar said that as the beds in the designated COVID-19 Hospital on KRS road in the city is full, the…
Mysuru reports fresh 47 COVID-19 cases; total 528
July 7, 2020Mandya records first virus death Mysore/Mysuru: After reporting 45 COVID-19 positive cases yesterday (July 6) including three deaths, Mysuru again reported 47 cases this morning. With the latest figures, the number of people who have contracted the disease in Mysuru has reached 528, Health Department sources said. The latest rise in figures have to be…
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