A 57-year-old woman, a native of Siddapura taluk in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, died of Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) at McGann Hospital in Shivamogga on the night of February 25.
She was admitted to the hospital on February 24. Since then, she had been under treatment in the intensive care unit. She breathed her last around 8.20 p.m., according to officials. This is the fourth death due to KFD in Karnataka since January 1 this year. Two persons from Uttara Kannada, and one each from Shivamogga and Chikkamagaluru have died due to the viral infection.
The woman from a village near Korlakai Primary Health Centre in Siddapura taluk developed symptoms on January 28. She was treated as an outpatient at a private hospital in Sagar on January 29. Later, during a door-to-door survey, the Health Department’s surveillance staff collected her blood samples. She tested positive for KFD infection on February 1.
