Covid-19: Fourth fatality, 13 fresh cases recorded in Karnataka's Kodagu

MADIKERI: Kodagu district on Thursday recorded 13 fresh Covid-19 cases taking the active cases to 120. The district also recorded a fatality in the day taking the toll to four.
According to officials, a 90-year-old woman from a containment zone here who died on Thursday morning was subjected to rapid test as per standard operating procedure and she was found to be positive.The funeral of the deceased was conducted as per government SOP on Thursday evening.
A resident of Torenuru village in Somwarpet taluk, the woman died at 6am on Thursday. Torenuru had been marked as a containment zone by Kodagu district administration and hence the officials from the health department visited the place and collected the throat swabs of the deceased woman.
Tension prevailed after the woman tested positive as a rift broke out between family members of the deceased and the health officials over final rites rituals. The family claimed the deceased had not come in contact with Covid-19 patients and thus was not infected. However, the officials convinced the family to conduct the final rites as per government guidelines.