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 4 and 7 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.
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