Date: 21-12-2020 Page 1 of 10

GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE

NOVEL CORONA VIRUS (COVID-19)

MEDIA BULLETIN

DATE: 21-12-2020

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 1261 2 Total Discharges 884205

3 New Cases Reported

(20.12.2020, 00:00 to 23:59) 772

4 Total Active Cases 14001 5 New Covid Deaths 7 6 Total Covid Deaths 12016 7 Death of Covid Positive Patient due to Non-Covid cause 19 8 Total Positive Cases 910241 9 Admitted in ICU (among total active cases) 219

10 Positivity rate for the day (20.12.2020, 00:00 to 23:59) 1.04% 11 Case fatality rate (CFR) for the day (20.12.2020, 00:00 to 23:59) 0.90%

*Date: From 18-12-2020 to 20-12-2020.

Particulars Today’s Cumulative

A Total Passengers screened at Air ports 6319* 262094

B

Contacts traced in the last 14 days

Primary

Secondary 79206 88545

C Persons in Home Quarantine in the last 07 days 25589

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LABORATORY DATA

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 13645 3 13461 48 0 136 0

2 Ballari 36 38688 25 37854 241 1 593 0 3 Belagavi 13 26092 24 25548 202 0 342 0 4 Bengaluru Rural 19 18113 19 17618 346 0 149 0

5 Bengaluru Urban 363 383231 709 369701 9256 5 4273 1

6 Bidar 8 7200 10 6959 67 0 170 4

7 Chamarajanagara 15 6670 4 6426 114 0 119 11

8 Chikkaballapura 26 12711 42 12395 199 0 116 1

9 Chikkamagaluru 4 13596 20 13328 129 0 139 0 10 Chitradurga 19 14124 54 13867 189 0 68 0 11 Dakshina Kannada 24 32613 30 31509 368 0 734 2

12 Davanagere 7 21905 14 21508 133 0 264 0

13 Dharwada 15 21731 8 21013 112 0 606 0

14 Gadag 5 10866 6 10697 28 0 141 0

15 Hassana 32 27762 25 27114 258 1 390 0

16 Haveri 4 10938 5 10693 55 0 190 0

17 Kalaburagi 10 20897 20 20370 206 0 321 0

18 Kodagu 13 5631 10 5415 146 0 70 0

19 Kolara 31 9591 24 9296 121 0 174 0

20 Koppala 5 13824 4 13448 97 0 279 0

21 Mandya 24 19259 23 18899 213 0 147 0

22 Mysuru 40 51847 53 50426 415 0 1006 0

23 Raichuru 4 14107 13 13836 113 0 158 0 24 Ramanagara 5 7348 5 7221 51 0 76 0 25 Shivamogga 9 21883 8 21355 180 0 348 0 26 Tumakuru 10 24213 42 23460 377 0 376 0

27 Udupi 3 22961 25 22703 70 0 188 0 28 Uttara Kannada 10 14128 10 13847 106 0 175 0 29 Vijayapura 15 14074 22 13756 114 0 204 0 30 Yadagiri 3 10557 4 10449 47 0 61 0

31 Others* 0 36 0 33 0 0 3 0

Total 772 910241 1261 884205 14001 7 12016 19

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

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Programmatic Updates

Fever Clinic Report (held on 20.12.2020)

Fever Clinics

No. of Fever Clinics operationalized

No. of persons screened

Cumulative persons screened

BBMP 150 2814 608348

Private 69 310 197669

State* 620 3480 3274279

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

Mental Health Counselling Data (held on 20.12.2020)

No of patients counselled Cumulative No of patients

counselled

583 937658

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

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

02 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.

03 “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.

04 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.

05 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 20.12.2020, 3610 calls have been received.

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.

http://kgis.ksrsac.in/coviddashboardhttp://forms.gle/TP-bU7eZgazdxG9gS9https://covid19.karnataka.gov.in/https://www.covidwar.karnataka.gov.in/service1

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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

https://karunadu.karnataka.gov.in/hfw/kannada/Pages/covid-19.aspxhttp://covid19.karnataka.gov.in/

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Annexure – 1

Today’s Discharges Sl. No

District Name Total Patient Number*

1 Bagalakote 3 914324 914946 725253

2 Ballari 25 905946 907298 911135 911497 911873 912529 912653 912816 912817 912818 912819 912820 913079 913187 913188 913395 913568 913571 913572 913573 913574 913575 912181 913391 913394

3 Belagavi 24 860451 862534 863397 869602 888753 893818 899096 899097 910121 910345 910346 910347 910348 910349 910409 910410 910527 910528 910529 910530 910531 910878 910934 910936

4 Bengaluru Rural 19 888501 889731 890199 892050 892565 892566 894332 894547 895992 895994 896257 896259 896337 898962 906534 907492 907684 908437 908495

5 Bengaluru Urban 709 847257 851362 855034 856477 857462 858152 859027 861748 863952 864119 864695 864883 868272 869488 869697 872393 872986 873515 874416 875146 875174 875266 876168 876875 877000 877091 878010 878585 878617 879410 879513 880373 881914 883359 883394 883915 884708 885280 885288 886291 886938 887718 887895 888073 888691 889642 890415 891492 892292 892580 892745 892848 893089 893101 893698 893706 895416 895428 895457 896271 896394 896788 897117 897410 897817 898227 898525 898529 898727 899579 899681 900310 900482 900488 900549 900705 901116 901153 901902 902233 902676 902760 902832 902843 902925 903069 903188 903255 903448 903978 904388 904631 904650 904861 905011 905052 905177 905574 905771 905980 906289 906290 906055 906356 906471 906575 906589 906690 906757 906778 906872 906939 907079 907238 907266 907333 907337 907462 907502 907536 907550 907552 907609 907613 907617 907636 907641 907644 907647 907786 907888 907891 907894 907900 907905 907907 907908 907909 907992 907999 908017 908026 908027 908034 908213 908215 908222 908294 908322 908336 908453 908534 908535 908537 908632 908668 908670 908671 908673 908674 908676 908693 908713 908720 908721 908724 908728 908733 908734 908735 908736 908737 908738 908739 908744 908746 908749 908751 908752 908765 908804 908860 908873 908879 908880 908883 908959 908971 908984 908994 909007 909016 909027 909036 909069 909163 909164 909170 909200 909202 909203 909208 909320 909322 909323 909334 909364 909365 909368 909369 909371 909476 909484 909485 909498 909500 909502 909503 909545 909556 909559 909572 909577 909620 909647 909653 909665 909670 909673 909725 909727 909734 909735 909747 909748 909753 909757 909766 909819 909820 909831 909836 909843 909849 909880 909881 909882 909884 909885 909886 909887 909888 909889 909892 909943 909945 909946 909947 909951 909953 909956 909984 909992 909994 909996 909999 910018 910024 910025 910026 910038 910040 910070 910072 910076 910089 910133 910136 910137 910139 910141 910145 910147 910149 910164 910169 910177 910179 910182 910184 910189 910190 910246 910248 910249 910251 910253 910269 910272 910274 910280 910283 910285 910288 910363 910381 910386 910422 910432 910433 910434 910437 910438 910442 910446 910449 910450 910463 910465 910467 910471 910538 910542 910545 910546 910549 910562 910565 910567 910568 910590 910592 910689 910690 910709 910712 910714 910721 910725 910727 910730 910732 910738 910739 910741 910742 910743 910747 910748 910749 910753 910754 910759 910768 910771 910776 910781 910784 910788 910790 910805 910808 910815 910818 910824 910825 910827 910839 910884 910890 910895 910898 910942 910943 910948 910952 910953 910963 910964 910966 910971 910973 910980 910987 910990 910991 910993 910998 910999 911000 911001 911002 911005 911069 911070 911075 911077

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6 Bidar 10 912652 912811 912812 913475 913476 913477 913478 913480 913483 914168

7 Chamarajanagara 4 915122 915126 918653 909092

8 Chikkaballapura 42 912245 912424 912869 913045 913046 912422 912794 913664 913662 913840 914144 914301 915256 915264 915269 915311 915780 915818 915822 915824 915922 915961 915963 916106 916520 916582 916584 916587 916915 916918 916920 916924 916928 916930 917249 917250 917834 917838 918830 918834 918839 918840

9 Chikkamagaluru 20 907186 907187 907188 907190 907274 907276 907277 907278 907279 907280 907281 912699 912796 912870 912915 913437 913438 913753 913754 915016

10 Chitradurga 54 913707 913708 913713 913714 913715 913716 913717 913718 913719 913720 913721 913722 913723 913724 913725 913726 913727 913728 913729 913730 913731 913732 913706 913733 913734 913764 913765 913766 913767 913768 913769 913818 913819 913820 913821 913822 913823 913824 913825 913826 913827 913828 913829 913830 914298 914299 914392 914393 914394 914395 914396 914397 914398 914399

11 Dakshina Kannada 30 907283 908571 910625 911019 911020 911341 911472 911473 911474 911475 911554 911662 911663 911747 911838 911839 911841 911842 911934 911935 911936 911937 911938 911939 911940 912070 912157 912299 912300 912298

12 Davanagere 14 912572 912637 912638 912639 912701 912873 912874 912917 913160 913298 913378 913446 913695 912872

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13 Dharwada 8 911033 911344 912797 912875 912919 914800 915614 917451

14 Gadag 6 915832 916693 916694 917085 917086 918185

15 Hassana 25 912706 912707 912708 912709 912798 912799 912920 912921 912922 912923 912925 912926 912927 913055 913665 913666 913667 913668 913669 913670 913671 913672 913673 913675 913676

16 Haveri 5 912643 912710 913161 913162 913163

17 Kalaburagi 20 908060 908384 908385 909128 909417 910219 911218 911479 911671 911756 911844 911845 911846 911847 911849 912249 912250 912251 912877 913299

18 Kodagu 10 913856 914817 914803 918095 918096 918097 918100 918101 916600 912323

19 Kolara 24 918363 918364 918372 918375 918562 918667 918668 918671 918856 919306 919307 919308 919310 919557 919558 919559 919811 919812 919813 919927 920002 920003 920292 920553

20 Koppala 4 911347 911348 911349 911672

21 Mandya 23 910393 912713 912714 912801 913064 914411 914414 914416 914417 914418 914422 914819 912878 914412 914415 914563 914818 914879 915069 915070 915072 915073 914420

22 Mysuru 53 912716 912717 913068 913449 913450 913607 913618 913679 913453 914156 914157 914158 914159 914265 914266 914268 914316 914424 914565 914566 914567 914570 914571 914573 914622 914623 914624 914627 914724 914725 914728 914939 914941 914943 914951 914953 914568 914625 914626 914726 914880 914937 914938 914940 914944 914945 911207 914942 914954 912440 913861 914315 913617

23 Raichuru 13 911403 911404 911483 911484 911485 911486 911487 911488 911489 911490 911491 911855 912082

24 Ramanagara 5 914889 914890 914892 914888 914891

25 Shivamogga 8 911493 911677 911678 911770 911679 912083 911492 911494

26 Tumakuru 42 907486 907490 907605 907767 908086 908089 908090 908091 908092 908093 908183 908192 908193 908275 908477 908591 908788 908855 908856 909142 909154 909259 909260 909263 909264 909265 909266 909267 909268 909269 909270 909271 909273 909448 909536 909875 909903 908274 908094 909445 908398 909262

27 Udupi 25 912590 912650 912724 912725 912726 912727 912808 913177 913178 913179 913180 913181 913182 913458 913459 913460 913461 913462 913463 914034 914035 914440 914442 914630 914730

28 Uttara Kannada 10 914167 914895 914924 914927 915146 915453 915454 915455 916131 920632

29 Vijayapura 22 912809 913389 913467 913469 913470 913471 913472 913473 913704 913705 914896 914898 914899 914900 913468 915649 915697 915698 915699 915700 916541 601204

30 Yadagiri 4 911862 911863 911974 911864

Total 1261

* Patient numbers are State P Code.

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Annexure – 2

Today’s Reported COVID-19 Deaths: 07

Sl. No

District State P No.

Age in Years

Sex Description

Symptoms Co-

Morbidities

DOA DOD Place of Death

1 Bengaluru

Urban 901648 40 M SARI

Cough, Breathlessness

- 01-12-2020 14-12-2020 Designated

Hospital

2 Bengaluru

Urban 914948 65 F SARI

Fever, Cough, Breathlessness

- 12-12-2020 19-12-2020 Designated

Hospital

3 Bengaluru

Urban 917242 84 M SARI

Fever, Cough, Breathlessness

HTN 15-12-2020 19-12-2020 Designated

Hospital

4 Ballari 917786 85 M SARI Breathlessness - 15-12-2020 17-12-2020 Designated

Hospital

5 Bengaluru

Urban 917806 60 M ILI Fever

DM, IHD

15-12-2020 15-12-2020 Designated

Hospital

6 Hassana 918153 74 M ILI Fever, Cough HTN, IHD, CKD

14-12-2020 19-12-2020 Designated

Hospital

7 Bengaluru

Urban 921370 41 M SARI

Fever, Cough, Breathlessness

COPD 11-12-2020 13-12-2020 Designated

Hospital

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Annexure – 3

ICU Details

Sl.No. Districts Total

1 Bagalakote 2

2 Ballari 7

3 Belagavi 3

4 Bengaluru Rural 5

5 Bengaluru Urban 102

6 Bidar 4

7 Chamarajanagara 4

8 Chikkaballapura 0

9 Chikkamagaluru 2

10 Chitradurga 0

11 Dakshina Kannada 6

12 Davanagere 0

13 Dharwada 6

14 Gadag 6

15 Hassana 7

16 Haveri 2

17 Kalaburagi 15

18 Kodagu 2

19 Kolara 2

20 Koppala 1

21 Mandya 8

22 Mysuru 6

23 Raichuru 0

24 Ramanagara 0

25 Shivamogga 5

26 Tumakuru 12

27 Udupi 2

28 Uttara Kannada 7

29 Vijayapura 3

30 Yadagiri 0

Total 219