15 new COVID-19 cases reported in K’taka, number of affected rises to 247
Team Udayavani, Apr 13, 2020, 1:27 PM IST
Bengaluru: Fifteen new positive cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Karnataka, taking the total number of affected in the state to 247, the Health department said on Monday.
“Fifteen new positive cases have been reported from last evening to this noon…. Till date 247 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed. This includes 6 deaths and 59 discharges,” the department said in a mid-day situation report.
Among the 15 new cases thirteen are contacts of patients already tested positive, while one from Dodabballapura in Bengaluru Rural is with a travel history to Delhi, the other from Bengaluru city has Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI).
Among the 13 contact cases tested positive four are from Hubballi in Dharwad district, three each from Malavalli in Mandya district and Raibag in Belagavi, two each from Bidar, and one from Mudhol in Bagalkote district.
Three out of 15 new cases are children- a 8 year-old girl from Malavalli in Mandya, 16-year old girl from Bidar and 14-year old boy from Raibag in Belagavi.
From across the state most number of infections have been reported in Bengaluru with 77, followed by Mysuru (48) and Belagavi (17).
Those discharged include 27 patients from Bengaluru, nine from Mysuru, seven from Dakshina Kannada, six from Chikkaballapura, three from Davangere, two each from Uttara Kannada and Kalaburagi, and one each from Udupi, Dharwad and Kodagu.
Among the dead, two are from Kalaburagi and one each from Bengaluru, Bagalkote, Gadag and Tumakuru.
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