Karnataka sees 10 new cases in less than 24 hours
BENGALURU:
Karnataka seems to be entering a critical stage as family members of Covid-19 patients are seen getting positive symptoms.
Saturday broke all records hitherto with 10 infected cases, up from Friday’s nine. Karnataka ?tally? now goes up to 74, which includes three deaths.
Within the state, Bengaluru ‘tops’ the table with 41 confirmed cases and one death reported till Saturday afternoon, while Dakshina Kannada has reached double figures with 10 positive cases.
Chikballapur now has eight, Kalaburagi, Mysuru have three Covid-19 cases each, Davanagere has two and Udupi, Tumkur and Kodagu district have one positive case each.
As per the bulletin of the state health department, the 10 new cases were detected in the period from 5 pm of March 27 to 8 am of March 28.
The details are as follows:
P65: 54-year-old female, resident of Uttara Kannada, contact of P36 (wife). The case is isolated in a designated hospital in Uttara Kannada.
P66: 28-year-old female, resident of Uttara Kannada, contact of P36 (daughter). The case is isolated in a designated hospital in Uttara Kannada.
P67: 23-year-old female, resident of Uttara Kannada, contact of P36 (daughter). The case is isolated in a designated hospital in Uttara Kannada.
P68: 21-year-old male, resident of Bengaluru, had a history of travel to London and contact of P25 (son), arrived in India on 17.03.2020. The case is isolated in a designated hospital in Bengaluru.
P69: 23-year-old male, resident of Hindupur, Andhra Pradesh, contact of P19. The case is isolated in a designated hospital in Chikkaballapur.
P70: 70-year-old male, resident of Chikkaballapur, contact of P19. The case is isolated in a designated hospital in Chikkaballapur.
P71: 32-year-old female, resident of Chikkaballapur, contact of P19. The case is isolated in a designated hospital in Chikkaballapur.
P72: 38-year-old male, resident of Chikkaballapur, contact of P19. The case is isolated in a designated hospital in Chikkaballapur.
P73: 18-year-old male, resident of Hindupur, Andhra Pradesh, contact of P19. The case is isolated in a designated hospital in Chikkaballapur.
P74: 63-year-old female, resident of Bengaluru, had a history of travel to London and arrived in India on 16.03.2020. The case is isolated in a designated hospital in Bengaluru.
