Karwar: The Uttara Kannada district has been declared Corona-free district with the recovery and discharge of the last COVID-19 positive patient.
The district had identified 11 COVID-19 positive patients, of whom ten had recovered and got discharged from various hospitals in Udupi, Mangaluru and Uttara Kannada districts earlier.
On Friday, 11th person too recovered and got discharged from Patanjali Hospital of the Indian Navy.
Deputy Commissioner Dr Harish Kumar said that the discharged patient will remain under quaratine for some more time as precautionary measure.
Recently, a pregnant woman from Bhatkal, who was tested positive had recovered and discharged from a hospital in Udupi.
No new cases have been tested positive after the last person was tested positive.