Four-year-old girl among three who test +ve in Shivamogga

Shivamogga: Of the three individuals who tested positive in Shivamogga on Saturday, one was a four-year-old girl. All three had returned to Shivamogga from Mumbai.
The girl and her 42-year-old father, who has also been confirmed infected, had returned from Mumbai. The family is native to Ripponpet town in Hosanagar taluk. In addition to the father-daughter duo, a 38-year-old woman from Sagar taluk too tested positive for novel coronavirus, taking the district tally to 12. They have all been quarantined at the McGann Hospital, which the designated Covid-19 facility in Shivamogga.
Shivamogga MP BY Raghavendra said that the health department was tracing primary contacts of the three patients. He attributed the rise in the number of cases in the Malnad district to the return of Shivamogga residents from Mumbai. “We cannot do anything to stop them,” he added.