As many as five new cases of Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), also known as monkey fever, were reported in Shivamogga since Saturday.
On Saturday, a four-year-old boy from Channashettykoppa village in Sagar taluk tested positive. In Tirthahalli taluk, three positive cases were reported on Saturday that includes a five-year-old boy from Tanikallu village. On Sunday, the blood samples of a 45-year-old woman from Guddekoppa village in Tirthahalli taluk also tested positive. She is being treated at the Government J.C. Hospital in Tirthahalli town.
A total number of 146 positive cases of KFD have been reported in Shivamogga district since January 1 and it includes 117 from Tirthahalli taluk and 29 from Sagar taluk.
