BENGALURU: Around 320 people from Karnataka, who were stranded in foreign countries, landed at Bengaluru International Airport early Monday.
The flight came from London via Delhi, said a police officer at Bengaluru airport. The flight landed in Bengaluru a day after Karnataka recorded its highest single day increase in covid-19 cases.
A total of 54 people tested positive on Sunday, taking the total to 847 cases in the state. The passengers who landed on Monday are a part of the around 10,823 people stranded in various parts of the world due to the covid-19 health crisis and are being repatriated by special planes sent by India.