<p>COVID-19 cases linked to Mumbai continue to haunt several districts in the state. On Saturday, seven Mumbai returnees, including four from Hassan district, have tested positive for novel coronavirus.</p>.<p>A 28-year-old woman (P-1079) among four from Hassan, with a travel history to Mumbai, contracted the<br />virus.</p>.<p>Superintendent of Police R Girish told reporters, “Patient 1079, a native of Chikkamagaluru district, along with six others had travelled from Kurla to the district in a Tempo Traveller on May 11. The police stopped the vehicle at Banavar check-post and sent all seven to quarantine at Kittur Rani Chennamma Residential School. Among the seven, the woman tested positive for COVID-19.”</p>.<p>The remaining six, including a driver from Hunasur, have been sent to institutional quarantine.</p>.<p>Likewise, two among a group of 20 people, which had returned to Hassan from Koliwada in Mumbai in a private bus on May 12, tested positive for virus. The infected men, aged 50 and 63, have been admitted to the district hospital, the SP said.</p>.<p>An 18-year-old boy also tested positive for COVID-19. He is believed to have travelled from Mumbai to the district along with 26 others, Girish added.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, a 33-year-old man from Bagalkot district, a staff nurse at a private hospital in Mumbai, has contracted virus.</p>.<p>He had returned to his native Kulageri in Badami taluk on May 12 and was staying at a farmhouse at Narasapur. He was quarantined after the villagers informed the taluk administration about his return from Mumbai.</p>.<p>His throat swab samples has returned positive on Saturday. His primary and secondary contacts have been placed under quarantine. As on May 16, Bagalkot district has 43 active cases.</p>.<p>A 34-year-old man from Om Nagar on the outskirts of Dharwad city, has tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday. The patient P-1060 is the second mango trader-cum-driver from Dharwad city to have tested positive. P-1060 has the history of travelling frequently to Mumbai and Pune to sell mangoes during the 2.0 and 3.0 lockdown. With this, the district’s COVID-19 tally has gone up to 22.</p>.<p><strong>Tablighi man </strong></p>.<p>One among three Tablighi men from Harapanahalli in Ballari district, with a travel history to Ahmedabad in Gujarat, has contracted virus. All three had entered the district from Ahmedabad via Gadag. They were stopped at Madalagatti check-post in Hadagali taluk and were sent to a quarantine facility at Toranagallu.</p>.<p>Davangere reported yet another COVID-19 case on Saturday. A 65-year-old woman (P-1061), a secondary contact of a CHC staff nurse (P-533), tested positive for virus. The district has 83 active cases.</p>
<p>COVID-19 cases linked to Mumbai continue to haunt several districts in the state. On Saturday, seven Mumbai returnees, including four from Hassan district, have tested positive for novel coronavirus.</p>.<p>A 28-year-old woman (P-1079) among four from Hassan, with a travel history to Mumbai, contracted the<br />virus.</p>.<p>Superintendent of Police R Girish told reporters, “Patient 1079, a native of Chikkamagaluru district, along with six others had travelled from Kurla to the district in a Tempo Traveller on May 11. The police stopped the vehicle at Banavar check-post and sent all seven to quarantine at Kittur Rani Chennamma Residential School. Among the seven, the woman tested positive for COVID-19.”</p>.<p>The remaining six, including a driver from Hunasur, have been sent to institutional quarantine.</p>.<p>Likewise, two among a group of 20 people, which had returned to Hassan from Koliwada in Mumbai in a private bus on May 12, tested positive for virus. The infected men, aged 50 and 63, have been admitted to the district hospital, the SP said.</p>.<p>An 18-year-old boy also tested positive for COVID-19. He is believed to have travelled from Mumbai to the district along with 26 others, Girish added.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, a 33-year-old man from Bagalkot district, a staff nurse at a private hospital in Mumbai, has contracted virus.</p>.<p>He had returned to his native Kulageri in Badami taluk on May 12 and was staying at a farmhouse at Narasapur. He was quarantined after the villagers informed the taluk administration about his return from Mumbai.</p>.<p>His throat swab samples has returned positive on Saturday. His primary and secondary contacts have been placed under quarantine. As on May 16, Bagalkot district has 43 active cases.</p>.<p>A 34-year-old man from Om Nagar on the outskirts of Dharwad city, has tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday. The patient P-1060 is the second mango trader-cum-driver from Dharwad city to have tested positive. P-1060 has the history of travelling frequently to Mumbai and Pune to sell mangoes during the 2.0 and 3.0 lockdown. With this, the district’s COVID-19 tally has gone up to 22.</p>.<p><strong>Tablighi man </strong></p>.<p>One among three Tablighi men from Harapanahalli in Ballari district, with a travel history to Ahmedabad in Gujarat, has contracted virus. All three had entered the district from Ahmedabad via Gadag. They were stopped at Madalagatti check-post in Hadagali taluk and were sent to a quarantine facility at Toranagallu.</p>.<p>Davangere reported yet another COVID-19 case on Saturday. A 65-year-old woman (P-1061), a secondary contact of a CHC staff nurse (P-533), tested positive for virus. The district has 83 active cases.</p>