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Two COVID-19 patients, an 80-year-old woman from Dakshina Kannada and a 60-year-old man from Andhra Pradesh succumbed to the virus, even as 22 new cases emerged in Karnataka, raising the state's tally to 981, an official said on Thursday."Positive case 507, 80-year-old female resident of Dakshina Kannada, got admitted in a private hospital with a complaint of stroke, on confirmation for Covid was shifted to ICU, died on Thursday due to septic shock," said a health official.She is Karnataka's 34th Covid-19 death.Dakshina Kannada is 300 km west of Bengaluru on the west coast of India by the Arabian Sea.Similarly, a 60-year-old man from Ananthapur in Andhra Pradesh also died of the virus on Thursday."Positive case 796, 60-year-old man admitted at dedicated hospital in Bengaluru Urban with features of severe pneumonia and respiratory distress with hypotension, died on Thursday due to cardiac arrest," said the official.The deceased man, Karnataka's 35th Covid-19 death, also suffered from diabetes mellitus. Ananthapur is 214 km north of Bengaluru.Karnataka recorded four deaths in two days, two on Wednesday and two on Thursday.Meanwhile, 22 new positive cases emerged in the past 19 hours."Till date, 981 Covid positive cases have been confirmed. This includes 35 deaths and 456 discharges," said the official.Of the new cases, Bengaluru Urban contributed five cases, followed by Mandya, Bidar and Gadag with four each, Davangere three and Belagavi and Bagalkote with one eachAll Mandya cases and one from Bidar had a travel history to Mumbai, India's top Covid hotspot.Rest of the Bidar cases emerged from the Bidar containment zone.Similarly, all Gadag cases had a travel history to Ahmedabad, Gujarat, another state severely affected by the virus.Six of the new cases were contacts of earlier cases while one person from Davangere is also suffering from Influenza Like Illness (ILI).Four of Benglauru Urban's five cases were contacts of earlier positive case 554.Among the new cases, 18 are men and four women.Incidentally, green zones increased in Karnataka from five to eight in the past 19 hours with more discharges.Udupi, Kodagu and Bengaluru Rural joined Raichur, Koppal, Chikkamagaluru, Ramanagara and Chamarajanagar as the green zones with zero active cases.Of the 981 cases, 12 per cent patients were senior citizens, 65 per cent men and 35 per cent women and a discharge rate of 46 per cent.( With inputs from IANS )

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Health :2 deaths, 22 corona cases raise Karnataka tally to 981

Two COVID-19 patients, an 80-year-old woman from Dakshina Kannada and a 60-year-old man from Andhra Pradesh succumbed to the ... ...