Bengaluru, Apr 8: A 65-year-old man from Kalaburagi district became the fifth COVID-19 fatality in Karnataka, where six new positive cases were confirmed, pushing the tally in the state to 181, the health department said on Wednesday.
The man with Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI), died at a designated hospital in Kalaburagi on Tuesday, a day after being shifted from a private hospital where he was initially treated for two days.
"On April 4, he had got admitted to a private hospital, on April 6 he was shifted to ESI hospital, where he passed away," Primary and Secondary Education Minister Suresh Kumar told reporters here.
The private hospital had been locked and its entire medical team quarantined, he said, adding a notice had been served on it for act of "criminal negligence" (by not referring the patient to designated hospital) and will be followed with a police case.
"He was suffering from SARI, on collecting his sample, tests have revealed that he was positive....investigation is on to find how he got infected," the Minister said.
Noting that the hospital in this case did not refer the patient to the designated hospital and kept treating him for two days, he appealed to all private healthcare facilities to inform authorities if anyone showed any indications for COVID-19.
"As of 5 PM on April 8, cumulatively 181 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, it includes 5 deaths and 28 discharges," the health department said in a bulletin.
Out of the positive cases, 71 are those who had come back from foreign countries, while remaining 110 are contacts and those who had gone to Delhi, the Minister said.
Kumar also said an expert committee comprising Narayana Health founder-chairman Dr Devi Prasad Shetty and Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences director Dr C N Manjunath among others, constitutedto devise an exit strategy for the lockdown, has submitted its reports with various recommendations to Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa.
The chief minister and officials were examining it which was likely to come up before the cabinet meeting on Thursday after which the details will be shared, he added.
The health department said the six fresh cases reported on Wednesday included the elderly man from Kalaburagi who died.
Among the positive cases are a woman from Uttara Kannada with history of SARI and contact of a Dubai returnee, a 72- year-old woman from Kalaburagi, who is mother of a patient that tested positive for the disease; a man from Mandya with contact to two patients.
Others include a man from Chikkaballapura with travel history to Delhi and a woman from Bengaluru also with a travel history to the national capital.
Contact tracing is in progress for all the cases, the bulletin added.
The department said out of 148 active cases in the state, 146 COVID-19 positive patients (including 1 pregnant woman) are in isolation at designated hospitals are stable and two in ICU (one each on oxygen and ventilators).
It said out of total 181 cases in the state, six are transit passengers of Kerala.
Bengaluru accounted for the highest in the state with 63 cases, followed by Mysuru (35), Dakshina Kannada (12) Bidar (ten), Uttara Kannada and Kalaburagi (9 each), Chikkaballapur (8) Belagavi (7), Ballari (6), Bagalkote (5), Mandya (4) Davangere, Bengaluru Rural and Udupi (three each), and Kodagu, Tumakuru, Gadag and Dharwad one each.
Those discharged include 16 from Bengaluru, four from Dakshina Kannada, two each from Uttara Kannada, Kalaburagi and Davangere, and one from Bengaluru Rural; while among those dead are two from Kalaburgari and one each are reported from Bengaluru, Bagalkote and Tumakuru.
The injured have been identified as Ohijul Sikdar (32) and Tamsorali, both were part of a group of labourers from Assam. Among them Sikdar was seriously injured when a gang of 10 activists pushed him, and hit his head, back and limbs. He was lying on the road unconscious by the time police reached the spot.
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Why cant we call them Bajrangdal Terrorists??
WHEN MODI TOOK POWER IN CENTRAL, TILL NOW THERE IS NO SECURITY FOR THE MINORITY, AND NOW HE IS SILENT ON MINORITY ATTACKS ALL OVER IN INDIA.
THERE ARE MUCH MORE EVIDENCE TO BAN RSS, BD, VHP.....
Good.. Let world see ur real face..
Very shame...shame , no humanity very cruelty
These goons should be banned from society....if they have problem they should inform police...now police should punish them severely so that they should not take law in their hands in future.....
WHA WHA WHA THEY START NOW BEC BJP GOVERMENT PASSED ALREADY 2 YEAR ,
NOW THEY START EVERTHING ATTACHK TO INNOCENT THIS ALLL ACCHE DIN FROM MODHI SAARKAR
PEOPLE KILLED FOR COW , OTHER COUNTRY PEOPLE LAFGING IN INDIANS , WE ARE WORKING IN MIDDLE EAST THEY ARE ASKING US
HUMAN KILLED FOR COW WHAT TYPE OF COUN TRY IS INDIA SHAME ON US AND OUR MODHI GOV
Govt should spare no time in arresting the leaders of the terrorist organisatins to brutually attacked inidans from other states. These terrorists have no right to be called as Indians as they have no respect for the co-Indians. Shame on your Hindutva terrorists. Govt should ban these terrorist organisations and kick out their leaders out of Indian mainland. Hoswever, i am sorry to say that no Govt will take that step. Instead of arresting the terrorists i doubt that innocents migrants will be arrested and punished for no fault of theirs.
These so called Hindu activists are doing too much goondasm throughout the country. These people should be booked as terrorists.
Send this Bajrangis to Andaman on one way ticket and never to return to mainland
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