Davanagere could come under red zone

Davanagere: Davanagere district is staring at the possibility of coming under red zone after a 69-year-old SARI patient tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday. P-556 from Jalinagar Layout here was admitted to the district hospital on April 28. After his samples tested positive, he was shifted to the covid ward of the hospital.
He is responding well to the treatment, said DC Mahantesh Bilagi.
Jalinagar Layout has been declared as a containment zone and the and an additional 5-kms radius has been categorised as buffer zone.The district has two active Covid-19 cases currently. Of the four cases reported in the district, two have recovered, said an official release. All the relaxations that were given to the district as per green zone guidelines were withdrawn on Wednesday, the DC added.