NEW DELHI, 05 June, 2021 (TON):  The Indian Navy deployed the naval teams for the Karnataka Naval Area on Friday to ensure sustained functioning of medical Oxygen infrastructure at designated COVID-19 hospitals in all 12 Talukas of Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka over the past one month.

The Indian Navy says that the initiative has been taken as part of the ongoing assistance to the state administration by the Indian Navy for COVID-19 management amongst the civilian population.

"In early May, the teams undertook an audit and functional checks of Oxygen system at 23 hospitals in Uttara Kannada district. Over the past three weeks, specialist personnel of Indian Navy have attended to defects including leakages in Oxygen distribution systems at various hospitals in the district," Indian navy said.

Karnataka state now has 2,80,186 active cases whereas the total number of patients discharged stands at 23,58,412.

The efforts of the Indian Naval teams from the Karnataka Naval Area have contributed to the overall effort of state administration in ensuring sustained availability of Oxygen in rural areas of the State.