Karnataka: Seven fresh cases reported in Kalaburagi; active cases now 72

KALABURAGI: As many as seven individuals tested positive for Covid-19 in Kalaburagi district on Wednesday. All of them had returned from Mumbai.
Confirming that seven fresh cases had been reported in the district, officials said that all of them had been isolated in quarantine centres following their arrival in Kalaburagi. Two of the people who have been confirmed infected are 22 – one from Hangara and the other from Yalavar - while two others in their 20s, a 25-year-old from Aralagundagi and a 26-year-old from Balavadagi, have also tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
The three others who have been confirmed infected are respectively 35, 46 and 50. All of them have been shifted to the isolation ward at ESIC Hospital. The tally of Covid-19 cases in the district has now spiked to 134. In all, seven have succumbed to the infection in Kalaburagi, while 55 have recovered. The number of active cases in the district now stands at 72.