A 32-year-old man who had come from Surat in Gujarat tested positive for COVID-19 in Tumakuru on Friday.
P-447 is the third positive case in Tumakuru district. A resident of Surat, he had come to Tumakuru on March 12 to preach and was quarantined at a place of worship in P.H.Colony. Even after the quarantine period he continued to stay in the town due to the lockdown.
After 40 days he had developed some problems and was admitted to the designated hospital on Thursday. His throat swab was collected and sent to the laboratory and it tested positive of Friday.
Deputy Commissioner K. Rakesh Kumar has said that P.H.Colony has been completely sealed and all the primary and secondary contacts of P-447 have been identified.
He said there were no positive cases in Tumakuru district for the past 25 days.
Earlier cases
A 65-year-old man of Sira in Tumakuru district who had returned from Nizamuddin in Delhi after participating in a religious congregation died on March 27 due to COVID-19. His son, P-84, also tested positive for COVID-19 and was treated at Indira Gandhi Children’s Hospital in Bengaluru. He has recovered and has returned to Sira.