Preliminary report shows 21 more positive cases in D’gere

TNN | May 4, 2020, 04:30 IST

Davanagere: The Davanagere district administration said that 21 people, whose throat swab samples were sent to a lab in Shivamogga, tested positive for Covid-19 as per the preliminary report. Deputy commissioner Mahantesh Bilagi said the 21 will be subjected to one more medical test on Monday. The process of contact tracing will be initiated only after the confirmation, he said.
Bilagi said the 21 patients are undergoing treatment at the designated Covid hospital here. Confirmation that they contracted coronavirus could push Davanagere city from orange to red zone. It had moved from green zone to orange zone following a spurt in coronavirus positive cases last week. Confirmation of these 21 cases will leave the district with 28 active Covid-19 patients. While two patients have been discharged, one died on April 1.
Six cases reported on Friday were linked to P-556 and P-533 who are from Jalingar and Bhashanagar. The district administration has collected the throat swab samples of 330 people from these areas. “Of those, 37 people’s samples were considered as A category and sent for test to Shivamogga. From the 37, 21 were found to be infected with Covid-19 as per the preliminary report on Sunday,” the DC said.
Jalinagar and Bhashanagar are the two containment zones in Davanagere now. “The district administration has decided to shut down all economic activities, except the shops selling essential commodities. Strict adherence to social distancing is a must and so is wearing mask to cover nose and mouth while venturing out of the house,” Bilagi said.