2 more test positive in Hubballi, 1 in K’buragi

TNN | Apr 24, 2020, 04:36 IST

Dharwad/ Kalaburagi: Two more persons tested positive for Covid-19 in Hubballi on Thursday. With this, the total number of positive cases in Dharwad district has gone up to nine.
According to the district administration, the latest cases pertain to a 29-year-old woman from Mulla Oni and a 13-year-old girl from Azad Nagar in Keshwapur of Hubballi, and they are being treated at KIMS Hospital in Hubballi.
While Mulla Oni has already been declared a containment area, the authorities on Thursday declared areas coming in 100m radius of Azad Nagar as containment area and have sealed them down. Vittal Tubake has been appointed as the incident commander of Azad Nagar.
They are contacts of P-194 and P-263 and belong to their respective families.
Meanwhile in Kalaburagi, a 32-year-old man was infected with the coronavirus. He (P-445) had a direct contact with P-413 in Kalaburagi.
The latest patient is a resident of Umar Colony in Kalaburgai city, and he has been shifted to the isolation ward at ESIC.