One more person has died due to Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), increasing the death toll due to the viral infection to two this year.
A 79-year-old person, a native of Sringeri taluk in Chikkamagaluru, died in a private hospital at Manipal in Udupi district on Friday. On January 8, an 18-year-old girl from Hosanagar taluk in Shivamogga died of the virus in Manipal. So far, 49 positive cases of KFD have been reported in the State this year. That includes 34 in Uttara Kannada, 12 in Shivamogga, and three in Chikkamagaluru district.
Following the two deaths and the increase in the number of KFD cases, Commissioner for Health and Family Welfare Department D. Randeep visited Shivamogga on Saturday and held a meeting with officers from Shivamogga, Uttara Kannada, and Chikkamagaluru districts. He and other senior officers of the department reviewed the preparedness to tackle the spread of the disease.
