BENGALURU: Karnataka on Thursday said that a 75-year old succumbed to the novel coronavirus infection, taking the number of fatalities in the state due to the disease to two. “I regret to inform (you) that the COVID-19 test result has come out as positive for Mallika Bai, who had succumbed to death yesterday.
The govt stands committed to curb the spread of CoronaVirus in the state. Please stay home, stay safe," K.Sudhakar, the state's medical education minister, said in a post on Twitter.
The 75-year old had travelled from Mecca and was a resident of Gauribidanur, in the neighbouring Chikkaballapura district. Karnataka on Wednesday reported 10 fresh cases--its highest single-day spike-- taking the total number of positive cases in the