Health and family welfare minister Dinesh Gundurao directed officials to conduct 330 tests per day for Covid-19 in Dakshina Kannada. Increase testing in districts bordering Kerala and Chamrajanagar, Mysuru, and Dakshina Kannada. Medical colleges asked to test students from Kerala with symptoms of influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infections (SARI). Sufficient beds, oxygen support, and testing kits available. Government and private hospitals instructed to monitor ILI and SARI cases. Screening and awareness activities at checkposts, railway stations, and bus stations. Genome sequencing reports for confirming JN.1 sub-variant of Covid-19 available in a week. One Covid-19 death reported in the district.