BENGALURU : A 65-year-old man from Chikkaballapur district and an 80-year old woman from Belagavi succumbed to covid-19 in Karnataka, taking the death toll to 12 in the state.
This was the sixth covid-19 casualty in the state in less than 48 hours. “As of 5:00 PM of 15 April 2020, Cumulatively 279 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the State, it includes 12 Deaths & 80 Discharges," the state health department said in its daily bulletin.
Karnataka reported 19 more positive cases on Wednesday, recording its highest single day increase since 8 March, when the first case was reported in the state.
Active cases in the state now number 187, which includes 80 people who were discharged. The spike in the number of positive patients