Three more from Bantwal Tested Positive for COVID-19
Mangaluru: Three more coronavirus positive cases have been reported in the district on May 9.
Three people, including a 70-year-old woman, 60-year-old woman and a 30-year-old man, have contracted the disease from patient number 578.
All the three are from the same family residing in Kasaba, Bantwal.
On May 1, a 69-Year-old man from Bantwal tested positive for COVID-19 and on May 9, three more people from his family tested positive. Patient number 390 from Kasaba, Bantwal who died of COVID-19, was the relative of patient number 578.
After the 69-year-old man tested positive for COVID-19, all 8 members of the family were quarantined. On May 9 three more of the family have tested positive. So far, 17 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 through contact from the First Neuro Hospital. At present, there are 15 active cases and 31 COVID-19 cases reported in the district. Three persons have already died, and 13 persons have been discharged from the hospital.