Bengaluru man infects 9 people with COVID-19, Karnataka's tally rises to 443
The nine new cases in Bengaluru were all contacts of a 54-year-old male patient with Severe Acute Respiratory Illness symptoms
Published: 23rd April 2020 03:01 PM | Last Updated: 23rd April 2020 03:01 PM | A+A A-
BWSSB carrying out disinfection in front of the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru. (Photo | Pandarinath B/EPS)
BENGALURU: Sixteen new COVID-19 cases were reported in Karnataka on Thursday, bringing the state's tally to 443. Nine of them are from Bengaluru district -- all contacts of a 54-year-old male patient with Severe Acute Respiratory Illness symptoms.
The nine who got the infection from him are three 30-year-old males, a 22-year-old male, a 40-year-old male, a 25-year-old male, a 37-year-old male. a 43-year-old male and a 24-year-old male from Bengaluru urban.
Two other cases were reported from Vijayapura, including a 32-year-old male who got infected by an earlier patient and a 25-year-old female whose contact tracing is in progress.
Two cases were also reported from Hubballi-Dharwad district including a 30-year-old female and a 13-year-old female, both of whom were contacts of a patient who tested positive earlier.
A lone case was reported from Bantwala, Dakshina Kannada, of a 78-year-old woman who was a contact of a patient who tested positive earlier.
Two other cases were reported from Mandya -- a 47-year-old male who was a contact of two other patients and a 28-year-old female who was a contact of another patient.
