Twelve new positive cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Karnataka, taking the total number of affected in the state to 163, the Health department said on Monday.
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The active cases stood at 139 and of them three — two on ventilator support and one on oxygen — were in intensive care units (ICUs) while the others, including a pregnant woman, stable in isolation wards of designated hospitals, it said.
“As of 5:00 PM of 6th April 2020, cumulatively 163 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, it includes 4 deaths and 20 discharges,” a bulletin said.
Out of total 163 cases detected and confirmed in the state so far, nine were transit passengers of Kerala who landed in airports in Karnataka.
Among the 12 new cases, one from Bengaluru rural had attended Tablighi-Jamaat congregation at Delhi from March 13-18, seven are from Mysuru, and two from Bagalkote — wife and brother of a 75-year old man who died on April 3.
Others include a woman, a resident of Kerala, with a history of travel to Germany and contact of patients already tested positive; and a man from Bengaluru, who is son of two patients already tested positive.
Contact tracing has been initiated for all the cases, the department said.
Among the 163 positive cases, 59 were reported from Bengaluru, 35 from Mysuru, 12 from Dakshina Kannada, ten from Bidar, eight from Uttara Kannada, seven from Chikkaballapur and Belagavi, five from Kalaburgai, six from Ballari, three each from Davangere, Bagalkote and Udupi, two from Bengaluru
Rural and one each from Kodagu, Tumakuru and Dharwad. Those discharged included 15 patients from Bengaluru and two each from Kalaburagi and Davangere while and Kalaburgari, Bengaluru, Bagalkote and Tumakuru accounted for one death each.
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