An 80-year-old COVID-19 patient, with no travel history to a foreign country or contact history, died early on Thursday at Gadag. It was the first positive case in the district, and the sixth death in the State.
Karnataka on Thursday recorded 16 new cases, taking the total to 197. This is the highest number of new cases reported in a single day. Five out of them are from Bengaluru, three each from Bagalkot and Belagavi, two from Mysuru, and one each from Chickballapur, Dharwad, and Mandya.
Deputy Commissioner of Gadag M.G. Hiremath said that the woman [P-166] was admitted in a government facility on April 4 with serious respiratory problems and had tested positive for COVID-19 on April 6.
He said that the elderly woman was staying with her sister at Rangiwad in Gadag and had taken part in a family function recently.
After she tested positive, all the persons who had come into contact with her, including seven from Goa who had taken part in the function, were tested for the infection.
Mr. Hiremath told The Hindu that initially they had sent the throat swabs of 35 primary contacts and seven medical staff who were attending the patient for testing.
“All the samples have tested negative. Yesterday we were able to trace 11 other primary contacts who had participated in the family function, including two from Goa. Their throat swabs have been sent for testing,” he said.
