A healthworker checking the temperature of a motorist in Bengaluru. (Photo | Pandarinath B, EPS)
BENGALURU: Thirty-four new COVID-19 cases were registered in Karnataka between 5 pm on April 15 and 5 pm on April 16. This is the highest ever daily spike so far bringing the state's tally to 313 including 13 deaths.
The 13th death registered on Thursday was of a 66-year-old man who was referred from a private hospital to Victoria Hospital and was on ventilator support since April 10.
17 of these cases are from Belagavi alone, which is one of the state's hotspots, 7 others from Vijayapura, 4 from Bengaluru urban, 3 from Mysuru, 1 from Gadag and 1 from Kalaburagi.
Here are the details of the new cases:
- A 13-year-old male from Bengaluru who was a contact of a 65-year-old male suffering from Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI).
- Another 65-year-old female from Bengaluru with SARI symptoms.
- Two others, a 37-year-old male and 43-year-old male, from Bengaluru whose contact tracing is underway.
- A 54-year-old female from Ananthpura, Andhra Pradesh, who was admitted to a hosipital in Bengaluru urban.
- Two contacts of an earlier patient from Belagavi who in turn was a contact of another patient who attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi. They are a 51-year-old female and a 33-year-old male.
- Six contacts of an earlier patient from Hirebagewadi in Belagavi who was in turn a contact of another patient who attended the Tablighi Jamaat event. These are a 42-year-old male, 16-year-old female, 65-year-old female, 30-year-old female, 54-year-old female and 58-year-old female.
- A 47-year-old male from Chikkodi, Belagavi, a 35-year-old male from Raibagh, Belagavi, a 45-year-old female from Belagavi, a 30-year-old male from Raibagh, Belagavi and 43-year-old male from Raibagh, Belagavi, all of whom had a travel history to Delhi.
- Four contacts of a patient who previously tested positive after coming in contact with a Tablighi Jamaat attendee. These are a 50-year-old male resident of Goa, a 35-year-old male resident of Vijayapura, a 25-year-old male resident of Miraj, Maharashtra and a 64-year-old male, who have all been staying in Raibagh, Belagavi recently.
- A 23-year-old female from Kalaburagi and a 59-year-old female from Gadag who were contacts of another patient who tested positive.
- Three more patients linked to the pharmaceutical company in Nanjangud, Mysuru. They are a 52-year-old male who worked in the company, a 38-year-old male who worked in the company and a 26-year-old woman who is the wife of a worker.
- Six people who were contacts of an earlier patient -- a 60-year-old woman with SARI. These are a 12-year-old male, a 65-year-old male, a 66-year old male, a 37-year-old male, a 37-year-old male and a 55-year-old female.
- A 1.5 year old female from Vijayapura who was the contact of two patients who had tested positive earlier.