2, including man who came home from Delhi test +ve in DK

Mangaluru: A 31-year-old man who voluntarily came for testing is among two Covid-19 positive cases that Dakshina Kannada district reported on Sunday. He was among the 55 fresh cases that the state reported in 24 hours, ending at 5pm on Sunday. The other case reported is that of a 35-year-old woman (P-1095), who had travelled to Mumbai. The total active cases in Dakshina Kannada has gone up to 30, with the addition of these two fresh cases, and five people have succumbed to the disease here so far.
The state bulletin mentioned that contact tracing is going on for the youth, who has been designated P-1094. Officials in the district administration and department of health and family welfare said the contact tracing process for this youth, a businessman, will be a Herculean task, given that he has a history of travel to Delhi. Efforts are on to corroborate large parts of his travel history, from the time he left Delhi, till he reached the city on May 13.
Gayathri Nayak, deputy director, district urban development cell, who is in charge of the district bulletin, said that steps are being taken to confirm whether he had travelled to Dubai or not, while it is certain that he was in Delhi prior to heading home. The authorities said that the youth is believed to have travelled through Maharashtra, Telangana and Bengaluru, and reached his relative’s house at Jeppu Patna in Mangaluru taluk, parts of which, including 48 houses, have been designated a containment zone and sealed,” said deputy commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh.
Noting it was his desperation to reach home at any cost that saw him criss-cross so many states, Gayathri said that the youth used various means of transport to reach home, including walking for parts of his journey. “He was asymptomatic and voluntarily came to a designated testing centre in Deralakatte on May 13. He has been shifted to Wenlock Hospital,” she said.