Hassan in Karnataka reports Covid-19 cases; five with travel history to Mumbai test positive

HASSAN: The cornonavirus has extended its tentacles to Hassan district, which had till now remained free of Covid-19, with five people including two children testing positive for the virus on Tuesday, officials said. According to the mid-day situation report, all the five cases are with travel history to Mumbai in Maharashtra and are undergoing treatment at a designated hospital in Hassan.
The five include- two girls aged four and seven years, two men and a woman.
According to officials, four of them belong to a family, and they had entered Channarayapatna border on May 10 from Mumbai and were quarantined in a residential school.
Hassan Deputy Commissioner Girish said they are currently in Hassan Covid Hospital and they have not visited their village or contacted anyone.