Covid-19 claims 80-year-old in Kalaburagi; death toll rises to 17

The death toll rises in the state to 17. The death was confirm by both — medical education minister K Sudhakar and health minister B Sriramulu on their respective twitter accounts on Tuesday.

“The elderly person was suffering from Parkinson’s disease for the last three years and died at a hospital on Monday morning. Last night at 9pm the death report came, which confirmed that the person was Covid-19 positive,” Sudhakar’s tweet reads.

Kalaburagi and Bengaluru has reported 4 deaths each while Kalaburagi has 21 active corona positive cases in the district which are being treated in designated hospital.