Bengaluru: In a shocking development, three fresh Covid-19 cases were reported from Karnataka, late Monday night. With this, the total number of infected stands at 10.
Minister for Medical Education Dr Sudhakar tweeted, “Regret to confirm two more cases of COVID-19 in Karnataka. Two persons, one in Kalaburgi and another in Bengaluru tested positive. Both patients are quarantined and treated at isolation facilities. Details will follow.”
Meanwhile, Minister for Health B Sriramulu too tweeted and said: “We have got 2 more #COVID2019 cases in Karnataka taking the total number of confirmed cases to 10. 20 yr old female who travelled from the UK is tested positive & another contact of P6 (Kalaburgi deceased patient) is tested positive. Both are admitted in a designated isolation hospital.”
The man from Kalaburgi, who has been tested positive is 60-years-old and has been quarantined in his home district, said sources.
The new cases are of 20-year-old woman who travelled from the UK and a 60-year-old man who came in contact with the 76-year-old patient (since deceased) in Kalaburagi.
Kalaburagi district officials identified the 60-year-old man as the doctor who treated the septuagenarian victim.
“Both are admitted in the isolation wards in designated hospitals in Bengaluru and Kalaburagi,” said Sriramulu. Kalaburagi is 575km north of Bengaluru.
Following the doctor’s positive report, health officials were now trying to identify other patients he had treated since the outbreak. The doctor’s family too has been quarantined at home.
The 76-year-old man died on March 10 and was India’s first COVID-19 victim. He had returned from Saudi Arabia on February 29 and was under treatment at Kalaburagi and Hyderabad.
“As the new patients are being treated in hospital, I am confident they will recover quickly,” asserted Sriramulu.
The minister is visiting Mangaluru in the state’s western region to review steps taken in the state’s coastal districts to prevent the coronavirus spread.
Meanwhile, Yalagi villagers in Yadgir district have confined themselves in their homes on return of three persons from Dubai even though the returnees have not displayed any coronavirus symptoms.
